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 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases stayed above 170,000 for the second consecutive day Thursday as the country is experiencing a new virus wave amid the continued spread of a highly contagious omicron subvariant. The country added 178,574 new COVID-19 infections, including 633 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases jumped to a four-month high on Wednesday following the extended weekend amid the continued spread of a highly contagious omicron subvariant. The country added 180,803 new COVID-19 infections, including 567 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 21,682,816, according to the Korea Disease [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 infections hit the highest level in four months late Tuesday, as a highly contagious omicron subvariant continued to spread around the country amid the summer travel season. Health authorities had confirmed a total of 175,765 new infections nationwide as of 9 p.m., the highest since [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases fell below 100,000 for the first time in seven days Monday due to fewer tests over the weekend amid the spread of a highly contagious omicron subvariant. The country reported 62,078 new COVID-19 infections, including 396 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases dropped for the fourth straight day Sunday, but the number of seriously ill patients hit an over three-month high amid the fast spread of a highly contagious omicron subvariant. The country added 119,603 new COVID-19 infections, including 460 cases from overseas, bringing the total [...]