South Korea recorded 111,319 new Covid-19 cases as of midnight Tuesday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 16,583,220, the health authorities said Wednesday.
SEOUL, South Korea —
The daily caseload was slightly down from 118,504 recorded in the previous day and far lower than 195,393 a week earlier, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency . The health authorities believed that the daily caseload has been on the decline following the resurgence, driven by the spread of the highly contagious Omicron variant of the virus and its subvariant BA.2, which peaked in mid-March.The number of infected people who were in a serious condition stood at 808, down by 26 from the previous day.
A total of 166 more deaths were confirmed, taking the death toll to 21,520. The total fatality rate was 0.13 percent. The number of people who received two doses of Covid-19 vaccines was 44,529,088, or 86.8 percent of the total population, and the figure for those getting booster jabs was 33,024,450 people, or 64.4 percent of the population.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
US, South Korea urge North Korea’s return to talks after missile tests | Associated PressSEOUL, South Korea—The US special envoy for North Korea said Monday that Washington and Seoul agreed on the need for a strong response to North Korea’s recent spate of missile tests, though they remain open to dialogue with the country. Sung Kim flew to South Korea on Monday for talks…
Read more »
BTS returns to Korea after wrapping up Las Vegas concertK-pop superstars BTS flew back to South Korea after their successful four-day concert in Las Vegas.
Read more »
Parañaque LGU says 15 new active Covid-19 cases are POGO workersParañaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez said the new 15 active cases of Covid-19 recorded in Barangay Tambo are all Chinese nationals and working in the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) industry.
Read more »
New York at highest COVID-19 risk in US: reportNew York is the sole state in the United States with multiple counties at high risk of COVID-19 impacts, Times Union on Sunday cited the most recent data provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Read more »
DOH sees increase in COVID-19 cases in 14 Alert Level 1 areasThe Department of Health is seeing an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in 14 areas under Alert Level 1, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said on Monday.
Read more »