Last week, the daily average number of people infected with the virus amounted to 45,529, a 17 percent increase from the previous week. Three days last week had over 50,000 newly infected people, which was a first in six months.
A man gets tested for Covid-19 at a makeshift testing camp in Daegu on Monday. The daily number of people newly infected with the virus has been rapidly increasing recently. Last week, the daily average number of people infected with the virus amounted to 45,529, a 17 percent increase from the previous week. Additionally, there were three days last week where the number of newly infected people was above 50,000, which was a first in six months. [NEWS1]
![A man gets tested for Covid-19 at a makeshift testing camp in Daegu on Monday. The daily number of people newly infected with the virus has been rapidly increasing recently. Last week, the daily average number of people infected with the virus amounted to 45,529, a 17 percent increase from the previous week. Additionally, there were three days last week where the number of newly infected people was above 50,000, which was a first in six months. [NEWS1]](https://img4.daumcdn.net/thumb/R658x0.q70/?fname=https://t1.daumcdn.net/news/202307/31/koreajoongangdaily/20230731192110692sgdx.jpg)