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]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2022/10/25/ef764ef3-0e8f-4d3a-93e6-7e8be4e06db3.jpg)
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]
