126 New COVID-19 Cases...Increase in Overseas Influx Cases (Update)

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[Asia Economy Reporter Seo So-jeong] On the 18th, the number of newly confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) was recorded at 126. The number of domestic community infection cases, which had been on the rise, decreased to 109 from 145 the previous day but still remained in the triple digits. The number of cases suspected to be imported from overseas nearly doubled to 17 from 8 the day before.

According to the COVID-19 domestic occurrence data announced by the Central Disease Control Headquarters as of midnight on the same day, 126 new cases were confirmed, bringing the total cumulative domestic cases to 22,783. The number of domestic community infection cases, which had been increasing earlier this week, fell back to the low 100s.

By region, Seoul reported 46 cases, Gyeonggi 32, and Incheon 4, with most cases concentrated in the metropolitan area. Outside the metropolitan area, there were 7 cases in Jeonbuk, 5 in Gyeongbuk, 3 each in Chungbuk, Chungnam, and Gyeongnam, 2 each in Daegu and Daejeon, and 1 each in Busan and Jeju.

In particular, the number of imported cases showed an increasing trend. There were 4 cases from Uzbekistan, 1 from Bangladesh, 1 from the Philippines, 1 from Kyrgyzstan, 1 from Indonesia, and 1 from Nepal, indicating a high number of cases imported from Asia. Additionally, there were 4 cases from the United States, and 1 each from Canada, the Netherlands, Italy, and Turkey.

The number of critically ill patients is 150, and there were 5 deaths, bringing the total cumulative deaths to 377.