Covid cases in Korea jump back up to 47,917
![People wait in line to get tested for Covid-19 at a testing center in Mapo District, western Seoul, on Tuesday. [YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2022/09/20/3000f8ac-990c-4136-a1c2-c23ab8258126.jpg)
People wait in line to get tested for Covid-19 at a testing center in Mapo District, western Seoul, on Tuesday. [YONHAP]
New confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Korea recorded 47,917 Tuesday, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, a steep jump from Monday’s 19,407.
The number critically ill patients was 497, while there were 24 deaths.
The accumulative total of confirmed cases stood at 24,461,737.
BY LIM JEONG-WON [lim.jeongwon@joongang.co.kr]
