As of 6 pm today (7th), there have been more than 4,000 confirmed cases across the country while the spread of COVID-19 has not stopped.
This is the largest number of confirmed cases since the interim count was conducted at 6pm.
Accordingly, the number of new confirmed cases to be announced as of 00:00 tomorrow is expected to far exceed the previous record of 5,352 on the 4th.
According to the quarantine authorities and each local government, including Seoul, from 00:00 to 6pm on the same day, a total of 4,149 confirmed cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in 17 cities and provinces across the country.
At 6 pm the previous day, 1,555 more than the national count of 2,594, and 1,676 more than the 2,473 recorded at the same time on the 30th of last month a week ago.
After weekends and holidays, the number of COVID-19 tests has risen to the weekday level, and the number of confirmed cases seems to have risen sharply.
As of midnight on the 8th, the number of new confirmed cases to be announced as of midnight on the 8th may exceed 5,000 and reach 6,000 as there is still time until midnight when the counting ends.
The number of new confirmed cases was 2,897 (69.8%) in the metropolitan area and 1,252 (30.2%) in non-metropolitan areas. Chungnam 145, Gyeongbuk 128, Gyeongnam 123, Daegu 119, Daejeon 116, Gangwon 105, Jeonbuk 61, Jeonnam 55, Chungbuk 50, Gwangju 46, Jeju 45, Ulsan 12, Sejong 7 name.
Seoul also recorded 1,141 people at the same time, the highest number ever.
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