[Photo] Weekend Department Stores Bustling with Activity

On the 16th, when rain fell nationwide, a department store in downtown Seoul was bustling with shoppers. Weekend crowds flocked to indoor facilities such as department stores to avoid the rain. On the same day, the Central Disease Control Headquarters announced that there were 610 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19), bringing the total to 131,671. /Reporter Mun Ho-nam munonam@