▲ On the 20th, waiting for a PCR test at the COVID-19 screening clinic at the Yongsan-gu Public Health Center in Seoul
The number of new confirmed cases today (21st) recorded 88,000 as the corona 19 winter recurrent increase continued.
The Central Defense Countermeasures Headquarters announced that as of 0:00 today, the number of corona19 confirmed cases increased by 88,172, bringing the cumulative total to 28,390,646.
The number of new confirmed cases today is the highest in 98 days since September 14 (93,949).
This is an increase of 613 from yesterday (87,559).
An increase of 3,619 from the last 14 days (84,553), a week ago, and 13,479 from the last 7 days (74,693), two weeks ago.
The number of severely ill patients in hospital was 512, a decrease of 7 from yesterday (519).
The number of severely ill patients is in the 500 range for the fourth day after exceeding the 500 mark in 90 days on the 18th.
There were 59 deaths yesterday, 3 more than the previous day (56).
The cumulative death toll is 31,549, and the fatality rate is 0.11%.
(Photo = Yonhap News)