The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency's Central Disease Control Headquarters announced that as of midnight on the 3rd, 18,663 new COVID-19 cases were reported. The cumulative number of confirmed cases stands at 31,766,502. The health authorities will provide daily statistics only until today.
The number of new cases on this day decreased by 1,061 from the previous day (19,724). It is 867 more than the 17,796 cases reported a week ago on the 27th of last month.
An elderly person wearing a mask visits a pharmacy street in Jongno-gu, Seoul, on the 1st, when the COVID-19 crisis alert level was downgraded from "Severe" to "Alert." Photo by Dongju Yoon doso7@
The daily new cases from the 28th to today were 11,730 → 6,868 → 13,529 → 24,411 → 24,604 → 19,724 → 18,663, with a daily average of 17,076 cases.
Among the new cases reported today, 33 were imported cases, and 18,630 were domestic community transmissions.
The number of deaths reported the previous day was 9, bringing the total deaths to 34,824. The cumulative fatality rate is 0.11%.
The number of critically ill patients currently hospitalized is 138, which is 17 fewer than the previous day. Available hospital beds as of 5 p.m. the previous day number 178.
The health authorities will announce daily COVID-19 statistics only until today. Starting next week, the data will be released once a week every Monday.
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