South Korea: COVID-19 weekly new cases 2023

On March 1, 2023, exactly 12,291 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) were reported in South Korea. South Korea's handling of the coronavirus (COVID-19) was initially widely praised, though the government's handling of vaccine distribution has been criticized. Seoul and the metropolitan areas were hit especially hard by a few group infections during the second wave in August 2020. This was followed by a fourth wave, driven by the delta variant and low vaccination rates, leading to rising figures. Though the country has since achieved high vaccination rates, the omicron variant led to record new daily cases. Cases once again began to decline in January of 2023.

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Weekly number of new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in South Korea from January 20, 2020 to March 1, 2023

MM/DD/YY	Number of cases
3/1/23	12,291
1/30/23	7,416
1/23/23	9,227
1/16/23	14,144
1/9/23	19,106
1/2/23	22,735
12/26/22	25,545
12/19/22	26,622
12/12/22	25,667
12/5/22	23,160
11/28/22	22,327
11/23/22	70,324
10/24/22	14,302
10/17/22	11,040
10/10/22	8,981
10/3/22	12,150
9/26/22	14,168
9/19/22	19,407
9/12/22	36,938
9/5/22	37,548
8/29/22	43,142
8/22/22	59,046
8/16/22	84,128
8/8/22	55,292
8/1/22	44,689
7/25/22	35,883
7/18/22	26,299
7/11/22	12,693
7/4/22	6,253
6/27/22	3,429
6/20/22	3,538
6/13/22	3,828
6/6/22	5,022
5/30/22	6,139
5/23/22	9,975
5/16/22	13,296
5/9/22	20,601
5/2/22	20,084
4/25/22	34,370
4/19/22	118,504
4/11/22	90,928
4/4/22	127,190
3/28/22	187,213
3/21/22	209,169
3/14/22	309,790
3/7/22	210,716
2/28/22	139,626
2/21/22	99,550
2/14/22	57,175
2/7/22	36,718
1/31/22	18,333
1/24/22	8,566
1/17/22	4,070
1/10/22	3,093
1/3/22	3,019
12/27/21	3,862
12/20/21	5,201
12/13/21	5,564
12/6/21	4,952
11/29/21	3,030
11/22/21	2,698
11/15/21	2,125
11/8/21	1,713
11/1/21	1,588
10/25/21	1,266
10/18/21	1,073
10/11/21	1,347
10/4/21	1,575
9/27/21	2,289
9/20/21	1,727
9/13/21	1,495
9/6/21	1,596
8/30/21	1,370
8/23/21	1,505
8/16/21	1,373
8/9/21	1,539
8/2/21	1,201
7/26/21	1,365
7/19/21	1,278
7/12/21	1,150
7/5/21	746
6/28/21	595
6/21/21	395
6/14/21	374
6/7/21	454
5/31/21	459
5/24/21	516
5/17/21	528
5/10/21	511
5/3/21	541
4/26/21	511
4/19/21	549
4/12/21	542
4/5/21	478
3/29/21	441
3/22/21	346
3/15/21	363
3/8/21	446
3/1/21	343
2/22/21	357
2/15/21	456
2/8/21	302
2/1/21	336
1/25/21	354
1/18/21	386
1/11/21	537
1/4/21	714
12/28/20	1,045
12/21/20	866
12/14/20	880
12/7/20	594
11/30/20	451
11/23/20	349
11/16/20	229
11/9/20	100
11/2/20	75
10/26/20	88
10/19/20	58
10/12/20	102
10/5/20	75
9/28/20	38
9/21/20	61
9/14/20	106
9/7/20	136
8/31/20	235
8/24/20	280
8/17/20	246
8/10/20	34
8/3/20	34
7/27/20	28
7/20/20	45
7/13/20	33
7/6/20	44
6/29/20	43
6/22/20	46
6/15/20	34
6/8/20	38
6/1/20	38
5/25/20	19
5/18/20	13
5/11/20	27
5/4/20	3
4/27/20	14
4/20/20	9
4/13/20	27
4/6/20	47
3/30/20	125
3/23/20	76
3/16/20	84
3/9/20	131
3/2/20	600
2/24/20	231
2/17/20	1
2/10/20	0
2/3/20	0
1/27/20	1
1/20/20	1