Korea reports 26,147 new Covid-19 cases Wednesday

A street near Gyeongbok Palace bustles with visitors dressed in traditional Korean clothes on Sunday. [NEWS1]

 
Korea reported 26,147 new Covid-19 cases Wednesday, up some 2,600 from the same day the previous week, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency.
 
The number of critically ill patients stood at 147, and 11 deaths were reported.
 
The cumulative number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Korea is 31,465,107.

BY SOHN DONG-JOO [sohn.dongjoo@joongang.co.kr]