Korea reports over 80,000 new Covid-19 cases Wednesday
![A Covid-19 testing center at Seoul Station in Jung District, central Seoul, is empty on Tuesday. [YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2022/12/14/cabe51ed-47aa-4360-a6e4-59e06400e6f5.jpg)
A Covid-19 testing center at Seoul Station in Jung District, central Seoul, is empty on Tuesday. [YONHAP]
Korea reported 84,571 new Covid-19 cases Wednesday, up more than 9,800 from the same day a week before, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency.
The number of critically ill patients stood at 463, and 46 deaths were reported.
The cumulative number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Korea is 27,925,572.
BY LIM JEONG-WON [lim.jeongwon@joongang.co.kr]
