New COVID-19 Cases at 11,246... 1,191 More Than a Week Ago

The number of new COVID-19 cases increased to over 11,000 on the 4th.

The Central Disease Control Headquarters (CDCH) announced that as of midnight on that day, 11,246 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed, bringing the total to 30,555,102.

Citizens are getting tested at the COVID-19 screening clinic at Yongsan-gu Public Health Center in Seoul. / Photo by Yonhap News

The number of new cases on this day is 838 more than the previous day (10,408). It increased by 1,191 compared to a week ago on the 25th of last month (10,055), showing a slight pause in the downward trend.

It remains to be seen whether this is a temporary effect due to the March 1st holiday and school openings.

Among the new cases on this day, 21 were imported cases, and 11,225 were domestic community infections.

The number of cases by region (including imported cases) is as follows: ▲Gyeonggi 3,086 ▲Seoul 2,214 ▲Gyeongnam 696 ▲Busan 629 ▲Gyeongbuk 605 ▲Incheon 506 ▲Daegu 505 ▲Chungnam 434 ▲Jeonbuk 425 ▲Chungbuk 364 ▲Jeonnam 362 ▲Gwangju 313 ▲Daejeon 299 ▲Gangwon 286 ▲Jeju 235 ▲Ulsan 199 ▲Sejong 80. Quarantine cases are 8.

The number of critically ill patients currently hospitalized is 143, an increase of 8 from the previous day (135). The number of deaths on the previous day was 6, which is 5 fewer than the day before (11). The cumulative number of deaths is 30,420, with a cumulative fatality rate of 0.11%.

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