According to the quarantine authorities and local governments such as Seoul, the total number of new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country from 0 o'clock to 9 pm on the 6th was 1,641.



There were 67 more people than 1,574 people counted at the same time yesterday (5th).



If you look at the areas where the confirmed cases were confirmed, 1,82 people (65.9%) were in the metropolitan area and 559 people (34.1%) were in the non-metropolitan area.



By province, Gyeonggi 500, Seoul 495, Gyeongnam 117, Incheon 87, Busan 76, Daegu 63, Daejeon and Chungnam 54 each, Gyeongbuk 49, Chungbuk 43, Gangwon 28, Ulsan 21, Jeonbuk 18 people, Jeju 13, Jeonnam 10, Gwangju 8, and Sejong 5.



As there is still time until midnight, when the counting ends, the number of new confirmed cases to be announced as of 00:00 tomorrow (7th) is expected to increase to 1,700, or at most around 1,800.



Yesterday, the number of people increased by 130 after 9 pm, and the final number was 1,704.



The 4th pandemic, which spread in the metropolitan area at the beginning of last month, has recently spread to all parts of the non-metropolitan area and is now nationwide.



The number of confirmed cases per day was counted at the four-digit number for 31 consecutive days from the 7th of last month (1,212 people) to today.



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