As of 9 p.m. on Wednesday, 4th, 40,000 new confirmed cases were confirmed across the country.
According to each local government, including the Seoul Metropolitan Government, from 00:00 to 9pm on the same day, 41,258 people in 17 cities and provinces across the country were confirmed positive for COVID-19.
6,474 fewer than the 47,732 at the same time the day before. Also, 14,755 fewer people than the same time period (56,15 people) on the 27th of last month, a week ago. Compared to the 20th of last month (87,796 people) two weeks ago, 46,538 people decreased to less than half.
It is the first time in 12 weeks since February 9 (48,437) that the number of new confirmed cases recorded less than 50,000 at the same time on Wednesday.
As of 9 p.m. that day, 18,621 (45.1%) of new confirmed cases were in the metropolitan area and 22,637 (54.9%) in non-metropolitan areas.
The number of confirmed cases by province was Gyeonggi 1112, Seoul 6,643, Gyeongbuk 2,983, Gyeongnam 2,609, Daegu 2,146, Jeonnam 1,927, Incheon 1,966, Chungnam 1 1,867, Jeonbuk 1,761, Chungbuk 1,507, Gangwon 1,626, Gwangju 1,440, Daejeon 1,467, Busan 1,386, Ulsan 1,43, Jeju 519, Sejong has 356 people.