Korea’s Monday Covid cases hit 13-week high
![People wait in line to get tested for Covid-19 at a testing center in Seoul Square on Monday. {YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2022/12/12/044b8390-3c83-4290-8df4-82312cc8eb54.jpg)
People wait in line to get tested for Covid-19 at a testing center in Seoul Square on Monday. {YONHAP]
Korea reported 25,667 new Covid-19 cases Monday, up more than 2,000 from the same day a week before and recording the most number of cases for a Monday in 13 weeks, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency.
The number of critically ill patients stood at 478, and 30 deaths were reported.
The cumulative number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Korea is 27,754,149.
BY LIM JEONG-WON [lim.jeongwon@joongang.co.kr]