Korea reports over 40,000 new cases of Covid-19

People stand in line to get tested for Covid-19 at a testing center in Daejeon on Monday. [JOONGANG ILBO]

 
Korea reported 43,759 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday, surpassing 40,000 for the first time in just over a month, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency.
 
The number of critically ill patients was 225 and there were 17 deaths.
 
The accumulative total of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Korea stands at 25,355,350.

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