SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases remained in the 200,000s for the second straight day on Wednesday, as the spread of the omicron variant has slowed down after peaking last month. The country reported 286,294 new COVID-19 infections, including 22 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 14,553,644, the [...]
SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases jumped to over 260,000 on Tuesday as the spread of the omicron variant slowed down after peaking out last month. The country reported 266,135 new COVID-19 infections, bringing the total caseload to 14,267,401, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said. Tuesday’s tally [...]
SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases dropped to the lowest tally in six weeks Monday, but there are lingering concerns of another spike over the eased virus curbs. The country reported 127,190 new COVID-19 infections, including 15 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 14,001,406, the Korea Disease Control [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases stayed below 300,000 for the third consecutive day Sunday as the spread of the omicron variant slowed down after peaking out last month. The country reported 234,301 new COVID-19 infections, including 22 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 13,874,216, according to the [...]
SEOUL, April 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new daily COVID-19 cases remained below 300,000 for the second consecutive day Saturday as the omicron variant was spreading at a slower pace after peaking out last month. The country reported 264,171 new COVID-19 infections, including 68 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 13,639,915, the [...]
SEOUL, April 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new daily COVID-19 cases dipped below 300,000 on Friday as the omicron wave that gripped the country for months appears to be topping out with 1 in every 4 people having had the virus. The country reported 280,273 new COVID-19 infections, including 48 cases from overseas, bringing [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new daily COVID-19 cases fell more than 100,000 to around 320,000 on Thursday, but the number of seriously ill patients hit an all-time high amid the continued spread of the highly transmissible “stealth omicron” subvariant. The country added 320,743 new coronavirus infections, including 24 cases from overseas, [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new daily COVID-19 cases rose to over 420,000 Wednesday amid concerns over the continued rise in seriously ill patients and deaths over the fast spread of the highly transmissible “stealth omicron” subvariant. The country added 424,641 new coronavirus infections, including 32 cases from overseas, bringing the total [...]
SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new daily COVID-19 cases rose to around 350,000 Tuesday, ending a downturn for five consecutive days, amid the fast spread of the highly transmissible “stealth omicron” subvariant. The country added 347,554 new coronavirus infections, including 41 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 12,350,428, the Korea [...]
SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new daily COVID-19 cases fell below 200,000 for the first time in 25 days Monday, as the omicron-driven virus peak appears to have passed amid growing concerns over the spread of the even more transmissible “stealth omicron” subvariant. The country added 187,213 new coronavirus infections, including 25 [...]