China News Service, August 2. According to Yonhap News Agency, the situation of the new crown epidemic in South Korea continues to be severe.

According to the report of the Central Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters of South Korea, as of 0:00 on the 2nd, there were 111,789 new confirmed cases of the new crown in South Korea compared with 0:00 on the 1st.

On April 18, local time, South Korean citizens gathered at a cafe in Mapo District, Seoul that night.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Liu Xu

  According to reports, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of the new crown in South Korea has reached 19,932,439.

What attracts attention is that the cumulative confirmed cases are still more than 60,000 short of 20 million, and may exceed 20 million on the 2nd.

Judging from the recent increase in confirmed cases, it is very likely that the cumulative number of confirmed cases on the day will exceed this value.