COVID-19 New Cases 11,682... About 1,300 More Than a Week Ago

114 Severe Cases and 2 Deaths

The number of new daily COVID-19 cases increased by 11,682.

On the 15th, the Central Disease Control Headquarters announced that as of midnight, the number of daily COVID-19 cases increased by 11,682, bringing the total to 30,978,954. The number of new cases on this day rose by 436 compared to the previous day (11,246). It increased by 1,310 compared to a week ago on the 8th (10,372), and by 1,162 compared to two weeks ago on the 1st (10,520). From the 9th to this day, the daily new cases for one week were 9,540, 3,997, 12,437, 13,920, 12,013, 11,246, and 11,682, averaging 10,690 per day.

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Among the new cases on this day, 25 were imported cases, and 11,657 were domestic community transmissions. The number of cases by region (including imported cases) are: Gyeonggi 3,545, Seoul 2,921, Incheon 743, Chungnam 476, Jeonnam 432, Gwangju 429, Gyeongnam 394, Gyeongbuk 369, Jeonbuk 368, Chungbuk 359, Daegu 354, Daejeon 334, Busan 326, Gangwon 281, Jeju 147, Sejong 116, Ulsan 82, Quarantine 6.

As of midnight on this day, the number of critically ill patients hospitalized was 114, which is 13 fewer than the previous day. Two deaths were reported the previous day, which is 3 fewer than the day before. The cumulative number of deaths is 34,368, and the cumulative fatality rate is 0.11%.

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