Korea reports 57,309 new Covid-19 cases Tuesday

People get tested for Covid-19 at a center in Daejeon on Monday, the last day of the Chuseok holiday. [JOONGANG ILBO]

 
Korea reported 57,309 new Covid-19 cases Tuesday, up 20,000 from the previous day, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency.  
 
The number of critically ill patients reached 547. There were 35 deaths.  
 
The accumulative caseload in Korea stands at 24,099,134.
 

BY CHO JUNG-WOO [cho.jungwoo1@joongang.co.kr]