New Covid-19 cases in Korea stay just above 40,000 Wednesday
![People stand in line to get tested for Covid-19 at a testing center in Daejeon on Tuesday. [JOONGANG ILBO]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2022/10/26/c1e3962b-5019-4d57-8787-bd7562d61ba5.jpg)
People stand in line to get tested for Covid-19 at a testing center in Daejeon on Tuesday. [JOONGANG ILBO]
Korea reported 40,842 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday, up 11,350 from the same day the previous week, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency.
The number of critically ill patients was 242 and there were 26 deaths.
The accumulative total of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Korea stands at 25,396,155.
BY CHO JUNG-WOO [cho.jungwoo1@joongang.co.kr]
