Korea reports 25,431 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 Thursday

People stand in line to get tested for Covid-19 at a testing center in Yongsan District, central Seoul on Wednesday. [YONHAP]

 
Korea reported 25,431 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 on Thursday, down around 1,500 from the same day the previous week, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency.
 
The number of critically ill patients was 249 and there were 23 deaths.
 
The accumulative total of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Korea stands at 25,219,546.

BY CHO JUNG-WOO [cho.jungwoo1@joongang.co.kr]