New COVID-19 Cases at 54,319... Increasing Trend for a Week

Maximum in 14 Weeks as of Sunday

On the 7th, citizens visiting the COVID-19 screening clinic at Mapo-gu Public Health Center in Seoul are filling out questionnaires to undergo testing. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Choi Seoyoon] The number of new COVID-19 cases reached the 50,000 range on the 11th.

The Central Disease Control Headquarters announced that as of midnight on that day, 54,319 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed, bringing the total to 27,728,482. The number of new cases is the highest for a Sunday in 14 weeks.

This is an increase of 7,769 cases compared to a week ago on the 4th (46,550 cases). The number of new cases has been rising for a week since the 5th. Compared to two weeks ago on the 27th of last month (47,010 cases), it also increased by 7,309 cases.

However, it decreased by 8,419 cases compared to the previous day (62,738 cases). From the 5th to that day, the daily new cases were 23,153 → 77,590 → 74,697 → 65,245 → 62,734 → 62,738 → 54,319, averaging 60,068 cases per day, rising back into the 60,000 range. This is 7,124 cases more than the previous week (November 28 to December 4), which averaged 52,944 cases.

The government plans to announce a roadmap to adjust the indoor mask-wearing mandate by the end of this month. The specific timing will be determined by considering the number of new cases alongside trends in severe cases and deaths, as well as the capacity for epidemic response.

Among the new cases on that day, 52 were imported cases, 9 fewer than the previous day (61). Domestic community transmission cases numbered 54,267.

The number of cases by region (including imported cases) are as follows: Gyeonggi 14,760, Seoul 9,603, Incheon 3,393, Busan 3,296, Gyeongnam 3,256, Gyeongbuk 2,708, Daegu 2,281, Chungnam 2,252, Jeonbuk 253, Chungbuk 1,937, Gwangju 1,894, Jeonnam 1,680, Daejeon 1,589, Gangwon 1,338, Ulsan 1,215, Jeju 515, Sejong 511, Quarantine 38.

The number of severe cases currently hospitalized is 440, an increase of 12 from the previous day (428). The number of severe cases has not fallen below 400 for over three weeks since the 19th of last month. The number of deaths on the previous day was 40, 14 fewer than the day before (54). The cumulative death toll is 31,069, with a fatality rate of 0.11%.

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