303 new confirmed patients nationwide by 9 pm

On the 11th, the first day of the Lunar New Year holiday, National Assembly representative Ahn Chul-soo is providing medical specimen collection medical service at the corona 19 temporary screening test center in Seoul Station Square. The central quarantine countermeasures headquarters announced that as of 0 o’clock on the day, the number of new corona 19 confirmed cases in Korea increased by 504, accumulating 82,434. / Reporter Moon Ho-nam munonam@

According to the quarantine authorities on the 13th and local governments such as the Seoul Metropolitan Government, 303 people across the country from 0:00 to 9:00 pm on the same day were newly confirmed for Corona 19.

It is 42 fewer than 345 at the same time on the 12th, the previous day. On the 12th, the total number of confirmed cases per day was 362. The impact of the decrease in the number of inspections during the Lunar New Year holidays seems to be reflected in a large part.

243 (80.2%) were confirmed in the metropolitan area and 60 (19.8%) were confirmed in the non-metropolitan area. Seoul 147, Gyeonggi 80, Incheon 16, Busan 15, Chungnam 11, Gangwon and Gyeongbuk each 5, Gyeongnam, Jeonbuk and Chungbuk each 4, Daegu, Ulsan and Daejeon each 3, Gwangju 2, Jeonnam It is one.

The total number of confirmed patients on the 13th will be announced in the morning as of 0 o’clock on the 14th, the next day. The total number of new confirmed cases is expected to be in the early to mid-300 range.

Reporter Kim Cheol-hyun [email protected]