Korea’s new Covid-19 cases in 50,000s on Friday
![People wait in line to get tested for Covid-19 at Songpa District, southern Seoul, on Thursday. [NEWS1]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2022/09/16/14a2f001-0aa7-4e1f-8008-5028abb5ccc2.jpg)
People wait in line to get tested for Covid-19 at Songpa District, southern Seoul, on Thursday. [NEWS1]
Korea reported 51,874 new Covid-19 cases Friday, a decrease of around 20,000 from the previous day, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency Friday.
The number of critically ill patients reached 516. There were 60 deaths.
The accumulative caseload in Korea stood at 24,316,302.
BY CHO JUNG-WOO [cho.jungwoo1@joongang.co.kr]
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