SEOUL, July 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases are likely to top 100,000 per day this week as an omicron subvariant spreads quickly. As of 9 p.m. on Monday, the country reported 94,213 new cases, up 59,000 from the same time the previous day, according to health authorities and provincial governments. Daily [...]
SEOUL, July 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases remained under 70,000 for the third straight day on Sunday amid the spread of a highly contagious omicron subvariant. The country reported 65,433 new COVID-19 infections, including 333 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 19,211,613, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) [...]
SEOUL, July 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea reported 68,551 new coronavirus cases Saturday as the highly contagious omicron subvariant BA.5 continued to spread. The tally is 1.66 times the number of cases a week ago but similar to the 68,632 new infections reported the previous day. Saturday’s cases, including 293 from overseas, raised the [...]
SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases fell below 70,000 Friday but are nearly 10 times higher than a month ago amid the spread of a highly contagious omicron subvariant. The country reported 68,632 new COVID-19 infections, including 323 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 19,077,659, the Korea Disease Control [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases stayed above 70,000 for the third straight day Thursday due to the spread of a highly contagious omicron subvariant. The country reported 71,170 new COVID-19 infections, including 320 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 19,009,080, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) [...]
SEOUL, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases stayed above 70,000 for the second straight day Wednesday as a highly contagious omicron subvariant is spreading fast amid eased virus curbs. The country reported 76,402 new COVID-19 infections, including 429 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 18,937,971, the Korea Disease Control and [...]
SEOUL, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases jumped to over 73,000 on Tuesday as a highly contagious omicron subvariant is spreading fast amid eased virus curbs. The country reported 73,582 new COVID-19 infections, including 351 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 18,861,593, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) [...]
SEOUL, July 18 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s new coronavirus cases nearly tripled Monday from the previous day to about 70,500 amid a resurgence of infections and the fast spread of a highly contagious new omicron subvariant. As of 9 p.m., local governments had reported 70,497 additional cases, 2.81 times the number from the same [...]
SEOUL, July 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases stayed above 40,000 on Sunday due to the spread of a highly contagious new omicron subvariant despite fewer tests over the weekend. The country reported 40,342 new COVID-19 infections, including 305 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 18,761,757, the Korea Disease Control and [...]
SEOUL, July 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases reached a 66-day high at over 41,000 on Saturday amid the spread of a highly contagious new omicron subvariant. The country reported 41,310 new COVID-19 infections, including 287 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 18,721,415, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) [...]