COVID-19 Statistics Announcements to Be Suspended Starting Next Week

Confirmed Cases, Severe Cases, and Death Counts Publicly Available on Website

On the 25th, when the number of new COVID-19 cases was recorded at 43,759, entering the 40,000 range for the first time in 34 days, citizens were undergoing PCR tests at the screening clinic of Yongsan-gu Public Health Center in Seoul. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Cheol-hyun] The daily announcements of COVID-19 confirmed cases, critically ill patients, and death statistics will be discontinued starting next week.

According to health authorities on the 25th, the daily COVID-19 statistical reports distributed every morning will cease from the 31st, and daily confirmed case statistics will instead be published on the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency's website.

This is the first time since the first confirmed domestic case on January 20, 2020, that COVID-19 statistical announcements will be halted. This appears to align with the government's policy of returning to normalcy in quarantine measures.

The health authorities plan to stop distributing press releases but will update the website at 9:30 a.m. with information on new confirmed cases, new hospitalizations, critically ill patients currently hospitalized, death counts, and vaccination status.

According to the health authorities, countries such as the United States, France, New Zealand, Germany, Singapore, and Italy also update their statistical data on their websites either daily or at weekly intervals.

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