19,735 New COVID-19 Cases... Exceeding 10,000 for Four Consecutive Days (Comprehensive)

Amid the ongoing winter resurgence of COVID-19, a citizen is being tested at the temporary screening clinic at Seoul Station on the 26th. The Central Disease Control Headquarters announced that as of midnight on the same day, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases increased by 25,545, bringing the total to 28,684,600. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

The number of new COVID-19 cases has exceeded 10,000 for four consecutive days.

As of midnight on the 7th, the Central Disease Control Headquarters reported 10,735 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total to 30,894,559. The number of new cases decreased by 1,349 compared to the previous day (12,084). Compared to a week ago on the 31st of last month (10,368), it increased by 367, and compared to two weeks ago on the 24th of last month (10,277), it increased by 458.

From the 1st to the 7th, the daily new cases were 10,523 → 9,724 → 4,349 → 13,375 → 14,465 → 12,084 → 10,735. New cases have exceeded 10,000 for four consecutive days. The average number of cases over the week is 10,751.

Among the new cases on this day, 17 were imported cases, and 10,718 were domestic community transmissions.

Number of cases by region (including imported cases) are: Gyeonggi 3,063, Seoul 2,667, Incheon 748, Chungnam 485, Jeonbuk 445, Gyeongbuk 371, Jeonnam 361, Daejeon 349, Gwangju 342, Daegu 337, Chungbuk 333, Gyeongnam 312, Busan 310, Gangwon 276, Jeju 137, Sejong 120, Ulsan 75, Quarantine 4.

The number of critically ill patients hospitalized as of midnight was 130, down by 6 from the previous day.

There were 9 deaths reported the previous day, a decrease of 4 compared to the day before. The cumulative death toll is 34,318, with a cumulative fatality rate of 0.11%.