New Covid-19 cases rise to 39,425 on Tuesday
![People line up to get tested for Covid-19 at a testing center in Yongsan District, central Seoul, on Tuesday. [YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2022/09/27/b80a9dc3-e60f-410c-bd54-eb1f555c6dec.jpg)
People line up to get tested for Covid-19 at a testing center in Yongsan District, central Seoul, on Tuesday. [YONHAP]
New confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Korea rose to 39,425 on Tuesday, jumping 2.8 times from the previous day, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency.
The number of critically ill patients was 401, and there were 26 deaths.
The accumulative total of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Korea stands at 24,673,663.
BY LIM JEONG-WON [lim.jeongwon@joongang.co.kr]