[Photo] 33,248 New Confirmed Cases... 2.15 Times Higher Than Last Week

On the 18th, as the number of new COVID-19 cases more than doubled compared to the previous week, soaring to over 33,000, citizens were getting tested at the screening clinic of Yongsan-gu Public Health Center in Seoul. According to the Central Disease Control Headquarters, as of midnight that day, 33,248 new cases were added, bringing the total cumulative cases to 25,164,695. Among the new domestic cases, 33,161 were locally transmitted, and 87 were imported cases./Reporter Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

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