![People wait in line to get tested for Covid-19 at a testing center in Songpa District, western Seoul, on Wednesday. [NEWS1]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10975497.webp?imageId=10975497&width=960&height=642&format=jpg)
Korea recorded 59,089 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, up by more than 3,600 from the same day a week earlier, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency.
The number of critically ill patients was 477, remaining in the 400 level for the sixth day in a row. There were 59 deaths.
The accumulative total of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Korea stands at 26,784,142.
BY LIM JEONG-WON [lim.jeongwon@joongang.co.kr]
