Social affairs Friday's Covid cases stand at 112,901
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![People wait in line to get tested for Covid-19 at a testing center in Mapo District, western Seoul, Friday. [YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2022/08/05/9e9d04ce-4e29-47cb-b97a-ddc87099657d.jpg)
New confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Korea recorded 112,901 Friday, an increase from the previous day’s 107,894. With numbers of confirmed cases high throughout the week, the average of confirmed cases in the past seven days reached 93,236.
Critically ill patients infected with the virus recorded over 300 for the second day in a row with 320 patients Friday. There were 47 deaths.
The accumulative total of confirmed cases in Korea stood at 20,273,011.
BY LIM JEONG-WON [lim.jeongwon@joongang.co.kr]
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