SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily COVID-19 cases fell below 170,000 on Friday, but critical cases and deaths from the virus rose at a fast pace amid the continued spread of the highly contagious omicron variant. The country reported 165,890 new COVID-19 infections, including 165,749 local cases, raising the total caseload to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily COVID-19 cases stayed above 170,000 for the second consecutive day Thursday amid the fast spread of the highly contagious omicron variant across the country. The country reported 170,016 new COVID-19 infections, including 169,846 local cases, raising the total caseload to 2,499,188, according to the Korea Disease [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily COVID-19 cases soared to a new high of over 170,000 on Wednesday, with yet another infection record potentially looming amid the fast spread of the omicron variant. The country reported 171,452 new COVID-19 infections, including 171,271 local cases, raising the total caseload to 2,329,182, according to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 infections surpassed 150,000 for the first time Tuesday amid the fast spread of the omicron variant across the country. According to health authorities and local governments, a total of 158,005 cases had been confirmed nationwide as of 9 p.m., up 60,070 from 97,935 posted the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea logged fewer than 100,000 daily coronavirus cases Monday, due to less testing over the weekend, while health authorities forecast the current COVID-19 wave to peak between late February and March. The country reported 95,362 new COVID-19 infections, including 95,218 local cases, raising the total caseload to 2,058,184, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s total COVID-19 caseload surpassed 2 million on Sunday, just two weeks after reaching the 1 million mark, amid the fast spread of the omicron variant. As of 9 p.m., local governments had reported 93,260 new COVID-19 cases, down 7,252 from the 100,512 posted the same time the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea reported more than 100,000 new COVID-19 cases for the second day in a row on Saturday amid the rapid spread of the highly transmissible omicron variant. The new daily infections came to 102,211, including 102,072 local infections, raising the total caseload to 1,858,009 the Korea Disease Control [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily COVID-19 cases exceeded 100,000 on Friday for the first time since the pandemic began about two years ago as the highly transmissible omicron variant spreads rapidly. The cases could continue to rise going forward as the government is set to partially relax social distancing rules this [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily COVID-19 cases surpassed 100,000 for the first time Thursday, as the highly transmissible omicron variant fueled a surge of infections around the country. According to health authorities and local governments, a total of 100,870 cases had been confirmed nationwide as of 9 p.m., up 10,642 from [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily COVID-19 cases spiked to an all-time high Wednesday amid worries that the number could further increase as the government might ease current tough social distancing curbs later this week. The country reported 90,443 new COVID-19 infections for Tuesday, including 90,281 local cases, raising the total caseload [...]