Korea reports 85,540 new Covid-19 cases

A Covid-19 testing center in Daejeon on Tuesday [JOONGANG ILBO]

 
Korea reported 85,540 new Covid-19 cases, a seven-week low for Wednesday, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency on Wednesday.
 
The number of critically ill patients reached 521. There were 56 deaths.
 
The accumulative caseload in Korea stood at 23,791,961.

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