New Confirmed Cases 14,961... Decrease of About 16,700 from Last Week (Update)
[Asia Economy Reporter Byeon Seon-jin] The Central Disease Control Headquarters announced that as of midnight on the 3rd, 14,961 new COVID-19 cases were added, bringing the total to 30,228,889.
The number of new cases on this day decreased by 1,901 compared to the previous day (16,862). Compared to a week ago on the 27th (31,711), it decreased by 16,750. The scale of the winter outbreak peaked in the third week of December last year and has been steadily declining.
Among the new cases, 28 were imported from overseas.
The number of critically ill patients hospitalized was 339, down by 6 from the previous day. Critically ill patients, who had been above 400 for more than two months, have been in the 300 range for the fourth consecutive day following the decline in COVID-19 cases.
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There were 30 new deaths reported. The cumulative death toll is 33,552, with a fatality rate of 0.11%.
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