[Asia Economy Reporter Byeon Seon-jin] The Central Disease Control Headquarters announced on the 30th at midnight that 67,415 new COVID-19 cases were added, bringing the total to 27,098,734.
The spread of COVID-19 is slowing down. The number of new cases on this day decreased by 4,061 compared to the previous day (71,476) and by 2,891 compared to a week ago on the 23rd (70,306). It is 848 more than two weeks ago on the 16th (66,567).
The number of critically ill patients currently hospitalized is 472, which is 19 fewer than the previous day. The number of critically ill patients has remained above 400 for 12 consecutive days.
There were 52 new COVID-19 related deaths. The cumulative death toll is 30,506, with a fatality rate of 0.11%.
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