China News Service, July 19. According to Korean media reports, South Korea's Central Epidemic Prevention Countermeasures Headquarters reported on the 19th that as of 0:00 that day, South Korea had added 73,582 new confirmed cases of new crown compared with 0:00 the previous day, with a total of 18,861,593 confirmed cases.
Data map: Posters of South Korea's measures to prevent the new coronavirus.
According to reports, single-day new cases have maintained a weekly doubling momentum since July, and new cases on the 19th hit the highest level in 83 days.
In addition, there were 12 new deaths, an increase of 1 from the previous day, and a total of 24,765 deaths, with an average fatality rate of 0.13%.
There are 91 critically ill patients, an increase of 10 from the previous day.
According to previous reports, the number of newly confirmed cases in South Korea in a single day gradually decreased after peaking on March 17 this year, but it has recently risen again.
Kim Jung-ki, a professor at Korea University, said that the upward trend is likely to be maintained in the short term, and that the number of newly confirmed cases in a single day between mid-August and September cannot be ruled out to return to 100,000 to 200,000.