SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases sharply bounced back to the 1,700s on Wednesday as the highly transmissible delta variant weighs on the country’s virus fight during the summer vacation season. The country added 1,725 COVID-19 cases, including 1,664 local infections, raising the total caseload to 203,926, according to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases stayed in the 1,200s for the second day in a row Tuesday due to fewer tests amid the fourth wave of the outbreak across the country. The country added 1,202 COVID-19 cases, including 1,152 local infections, raising the total caseload to 201,203, according [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases fell to the 1200s Monday as fewer people got tested over the weekend, but health authorities remain wary over continued infections during the summer vacation season amid the fourth wave of the pandemic. The country added 1,219 COVID-19 cases, including 1,150 local infections, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases retreated to the 1,400s on Sunday due to fewer tests over the weekend, but the fourth wave of infections showed no signs of slowing down despite the adoption of the toughest virus curbs in the greater Seoul area. The country added 1,442 COVID-19 [...]
SEOUL, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases retreated to the 1,500s on Saturday, but the fourth wave of infections is showing little signs of letting up despite weeks of the toughest antivirus rules in the greater Seoul area. The country added 1,539 COVID-19 cases, including 1,466 local infections, raising the [...]
SEOUL, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases increased to more than 1,700 Friday as health authorities strive to contain the virus spread amid summer vacation season. The country added 1,710 COVID-19 cases, including 1,662 local infections, raising the total caseload to 196,806, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases fell slightly Thursday after reaching a record high the previous day as health authorities weigh implementing more virus restrictions to slow down the spread of the delta variant and growing infections outside the greater Seoul area. The country added 1,674 COVID-19 cases, including [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases hit a new high Wednesday, health authorities said, as the highly transmissible delta variant and rising infections outside the greater Seoul area continue to hamper the virus fight. The country added 1,896 COVID-19 cases, including 1,823 local infections, raising the total caseload to [...]
SEOUL, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of South Korea’s daily new COVID-19 cases is likely to bounce back to more than 1,800 on Wednesday amid the rapid spread of the virus across the nation. As of 9 p.m. Tuesday, 1,712 additional infections were confirmed, up 493 from the same time the previous day, [...]
SEOUL, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases fell below 1,400 Monday due to fewer tests over the weekend, but more cases continued to pop up outside the greater Seoul area amid the summer vacation season. The country added 1,318 COVID-19 cases, including 1,264 local infections, raising the total caseload to [...]