Reporter Hwang Jin-hwanOn the first day, the fourth day of the Lunar New Year holiday, the interim count of new confirmed cases of COVID-19 recorded an all-time high again.
According to the quarantine authorities and each local government, from 00:00 to 9pm on the same day, a total of 15,835 new confirmed cases of Corona 19 nationwide. The previous highest average for the same time period was 15,142 on the 30th of last month, which is 693 more than this.
The number of new confirmed cases by region is 8,467 (53.5%) in the metropolitan area and 7,368 (46.5%) in non-metropolitan areas. By city and province, △Seoul 3079 △Gyeonggi 4048 △Incheon 1340 △Daegu 1160 △Busan 1152 △Chungnam 850 △Gyeongbuk 777 △Gwangju 615 △Jeonnam 468 △Daejeon 457 △Jeonbuk 449 △Chungbuk 438 △ Gangwon 342 △ Ulsan 298 △ Sejong 137 △ Jeju 122 △ Gyeongnam 103
As of midnight on the 2nd, the number of new confirmed cases to be announced as of 00:00 on the 2nd is expected to increase significantly more than now, as there is still time until midnight when the counting ends. The number of new confirmed cases, counted at 13,592 by 9 p.m. the previous day, increased by 4751 by midnight, ending at 18,343.