SEOUL, July 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases fell below 1,500 Sunday due to fewer tests over the weekend, but infections outside the capital area continued to pile up, triggering toughened restrictions. The country added 1,487 COVID-19 cases, including 1,422 local infections, raising the total caseload to 188,848, according to the [...]
SEOUL, July 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases remained above 1,600 Saturday, as the authorities struggled to stem the fourth wave of COVID-19 with the extension of the toughest virus curbs in the greater Seoul area. The country added 1,629 COVID-19 cases, including 1,573 local infections, raising the total caseload to [...]
SEOUL, July 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases dropped Friday from the previous day’s all-time high, but authorities extended the toughest virus curbs in the wider Seoul area to curb a further rise in new infections. The country added 1,630 COVID-19 cases, including 1,574 local infections, raising the total caseload to [...]
SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases hit a fresh high of over 1,800 on Thursday with mass infections from a virus-hit naval unit, while authorities are increasingly inclined to extend the toughest virus restrictions in the wider Seoul area amid no signs of a letup. The country added 1,842 [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases hit a fresh high of over 1,700 on Wednesday as cluster infections continued to spread across the nation amid a fast rise of highly contagious delta variant cases. The country added 1,784 COVID-19 cases, including 1,726 local infections, raising the total caseload to [...]
SEOUL, July 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus retreated to the 1,400s on Saturday, but authorities are considering slapping tighter social distancing rules outside the capital area amid the spiraling number of infections nationwide coupled with the concerns over the delta variant. The country added 1,455 COVID-19 cases, including 1,404 local infections, [...]
SEOUL, July 16 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases fell slightly to the 1,500s on Friday, but new infections are highly likely to increase as summer vacation season nears amid a pileup of cases in the greater Seoul area and other regions. The country added 1,536 new COVID-19 cases, including 1,476 local [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily coronavirus cases continued to spike to just shy of a record high Thursday as the country implements stronger virus curbs in regions outside of the broader Seoul area to slow down the nationwide spread of the virus. The country added 1,600 new COVID-19 cases, including 1,555 [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily virus cases hit yet another fresh high Wednesday as the country battles the fourth wave of the pandemic amid woes over rising delta variant cases and a slow vaccination process. The country added 1,615 new COVID-19 cases, including 1,568 local infections, raising the total caseload to [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The reported number of South Korea’s COVID-19 cases increased sharply Tuesday to reach an all-time high of more than 1,400. As of 9 p.m., 1,440 new infections were confirmed across the country, up 433 from the same time a day earlier, according to health authorities and local governments. With [...]