SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases dropped below 100,000 on Saturday, while the number of critically ill patients reached the highest level since late April. The country added 95,604 new COVID-19 infections, including 398 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 22,898,523, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases stayed above 100,000 for the fourth consecutive day Friday amid concerns over a resurgence of the omicron subvariant. The country added 101,140 new COVID-19 infections, including 358 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 22,802,985, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases stayed above 100,000 for the third straight day Thursday amid concerns over a resurgence of the omicron subvariant. The country added 113,371 new COVID-19 infections, including 369 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 22,701,921, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new daily COVID-19 cases stayed above 100,000 for the second straight day Wednesday amid concerns over a resurgence of the omicron subvariant. The country added 139,883 new COVID-19 infections, including 456 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 22,588,640, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s new daily COVID-19 cases rebounded to over 150,000 Tuesday after declining over the previous five days, with health authorities staying vigilant against the resurgence of the omicron subvariant. The country added 150,258 new COVID-19 infections, including 504 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 22,449,475, the Korea [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new daily COVID-19 cases fell for the fifth consecutive day Monday, as authorities remained vigilant against the highly contagious omicron subvariant during the summer vacation season. The country added 59,046 new COVID-19 infections, including 406 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 22,299,377, the Korea Disease Control [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases stayed above 110,000 on Sunday, but the daily caseload fell from a week ago in a possible sign that the omicron-fueled summer wave could be slowing down. The country added 110,944 new COVID-19 infections, including 396 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 22,240,331, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases fell below 130,000 Saturday, but the daily number of deaths reached a three-month high amid the continued virus wave driven by a highly contagious omicron subvariant. The country added 129,411 new COVID-19 infections, including 492 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 22,129,387, the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases fell below 140,000 on Friday, but daily deaths reached more than a three-month high amid the continued virus wave driven by a highly contagious omicron subvariant. The country added 138,812 new COVID-19 infections, including 465 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 22,000,037, [...]
DAEJEON, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Daejeon’s city government said Thursday that it had launched a surveillance system to analyze the sewage produced by households and factories as part of efforts to detect the spread of infectious diseases like COVID-19 as early as possible. The analysis of virus detection and distribution through the inspection of [...]