![A man gets tested for Covid-19 at a testing center in Songpa District, southern Seoul, on Thursday. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10913635.webp?imageId=10913635&width=960&height=560&format=jpg)
Korea recorded 52,987 new Covid-19 cases on Friday, down by more than 700 from the same day a week earlier, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency.
The number of critically ill patients remained around the 400-level with 460. There were 53 deaths.
The accumulative total of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Korea stands at 27,208,800.
BY LIM JEONG-WON [lim.jeongwon@joongang.co.kr]
