Korea reports 71,471 new cases of Covid-19 Thursday
![People wait in line to get tested for Covid-19 in front of a center in Mapo District, western Seoul on Thursday. [YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2022/09/15/70770012-5f98-43c7-bb07-26d11153a32a.jpg)
People wait in line to get tested for Covid-19 in front of a center in Mapo District, western Seoul on Thursday. [YONHAP]
New confirmed cases of Covid-19 dipped to 71,471 Thursday, down by 22,510 from the previous day, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency.
The number of critically ill patients was recorded 491 and there were 72 deaths.
The accumulative total of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Korea stands at 24,264,470.
BY LIM JEONG-WON [lim.jeongwon@joongang.co.kr]
