Posted : 2020-12-17 16:58
Updated : 2020-12-18 02:43
Workers install shipping container medical rooms at Seoul Medical Center in Seoul, Thursday, as part of measures to secure more hospital beds amid the third wave of COVID-19 infections here. / Yonhap
Country s daily virus cases top 1,000 for 2nd day
By Jun Ji-hye
Korea is suffering from a rising number of deaths related to COVID-19 with the country being hit by the third wave of infections for almost a month.
According to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA), Thursday, the nation added 22 COVID-19-related deaths, Wednesday, raising the death toll to 634 with a fatality rate of 1.36 percent. This was another new daily high since the country reported its first case in January, and a sharp increase from 12 deaths reported Tuesday.