Photo : YONHAP News Anchor: New COVID-19 cases in South Korea stood in the mid-600s Wednesday, amid continued reports of clusters across the country. Meanwhile, the government plans to introduce a new, eased social distancing scheme in July, when seniors are expected to have received at least their first round of vaccinations.
Choi You Sun reports.
Report: The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency(KDCA) said as of 12:00 a.m. Wednesday, 635 additional people tested positive for COVID-19, raising the country s cumulative total to 128-thousand-918.
Five more people succumbed to the virus, putting the COVID death toll at one-thousand-884.
Out of the new cases, 613 were local infections with 22 from overseas. Some 69 percent of domestic cases, or 424, were reported in the Seoul metropolitan area.
New cases stay in 500s for 2nd day amid woes over variants
Posted : 2021-05-07 10:39
Updated : 2021-05-07 10:40
On May 6, when COVID-19 vaccination for people aged 70-74 began in Korea, a call center employee in Seoul s Yeongdeungpo District answers a caller who wants to reserve a dose of vaccine. Yonhap
South Korea s daily new virus cases remained in the 500s for the second day Friday as the country remained guarded against a potential upsurge in variant cases.
The country reported 525 more COVID-19 cases, including 509 local infections, raising the total caseload to 126,044, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said.
New cases stay in 500s for 2nd day amid woes over variants May 7, 2021
South Korea’s daily new virus cases remained in the 500s for the second day Friday as the country remained guarded against a potential upsurge in variant cases.
The country reported 525 more COVID-19 cases, including 509 local infections, raising the total caseload to 126,044, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said.
The daily caseload reached 488 on Monday on fewer tests over the weekend but rose to the mid-500s on Tuesday and to over 600 on Wednesday.
The country added nine more deaths, raising the death toll to 1,860, the KDCA said.
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The country reported 525 more COVID-19 cases, including 509 local infections, raising the total caseload to 126,044, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said.
The daily caseload reached 488 on Monday on fewer tests over the weekend but rose to the mid-500s on Tuesday and to over 600 on Wednesday.
The country added nine more deaths, raising the death toll to 1,860, the KDCA said.
Acting Prime Minister Hong Nam-ki said health authorities will make all-out efforts to pull down the daily new cases below 500 per day on average. The reproduction rate is under 1 this week, indicating that a virus patient infects less than one person.