On Friday, at the same time zone, the number fell to 100,000 in six weeks.
88,712 confirmed cases in the metropolitan area and 93,431 cases in non-metropolitan areas
On the morning of the 8th, citizens are waiting to be tested at a temporary screening center for COVID-19 in the Plaza of Seoul Station. /Photo = Yonhap News
As of 9 p.m. on the 8th, more than 180,000 new coronavirus infections (COVID-19) have been confirmed across the country.
According to local governments, including Seoul, the number of new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in 17 cities and provinces across the country from 0 am to 9 pm that day was 182,143. This is 17,693 fewer than the 199,836 people counted for the same time period the previous day.
Compared to the 259,232 people counted at 9:00 pm on the 1st, a week ago, 77,089 people decreased, and 124,191 people decreased from the 306,334 people on the 25th of last month two weeks ago.
As of 9 p.m., the total number of confirmed cases was between 200,000 and 300,000 every Friday after recording 158,397 on February 25th, but it fell to 100,000 in six weeks.
As there is still time left until midnight, when the counting ends, the number of new confirmed cases to be announced as of 00:00 on the 9th is expected to increase.
As of 9 p.m., the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Korea totaled 15,165,837, which means that about 30% of the total population of about 51.62 million were infected with COVID-19.
The cumulative number of confirmed cases exceeded 15 million for the first time in 809 days since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Korea on January 20, 2020. The cumulative number of confirmed cases exceeded 5 million on the 9th of last month, 10 million on the 23rd of last month, two weeks after that, and 15 million again in 16 days.
A citizen is being tested for PCR at a temporary screening center for the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) at Seoul Station in Jung-gu, Seoul. /Photo = News 1
The number of new confirmed cases in the last week was 264,147 → 234,266 → 127,167 → 266,106 → 288,287 → 224,820 → 205,333 per day, and the weekly average There are 229,732 new confirmed cases.
Meanwhile, as of 9 p.m. on the same day, 88,712 (48.7%) of the confirmed patients were confirmed in the metropolitan area, and 93,431 (51.3%) in non-metropolitan areas.
By region, Gyeonggi 47215, Seoul 32320, Gyeongnam 10858, Gyeongbuk 10430, Incheon 9177, Chungnam 8804, Jeonnam 8437, Daegu 7582, Jeonbuk 7197, Daejeon 7005, There were 6,791 confirmed cases in Gangwon, 6738 in North Chungcheong, 6450 in Gwangju, 5350 in Busan, 3758 in Ulsan, 2537 in Jeju and 1494 in Sejong.
Reporter Lee Bo-bae, Hankyung.com [email protected]