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South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases above 100,000 for 3rd day

/ 12:18 PM August 04, 2022

S. Korea's new COVID-19 cases above 100,000 for 3rd day; critical cases at over 2-month high

People sit in line to receive tests at a COVID-19 testing center in Seoul on Tuesday. (Yonhap via The Korea Herald/Asia News Network)

SEOUL — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases stayed above 100,000 for the third straight day Thursday amid a fresh wave of infections driven by a highly infectious omicron variant.

The country added 107,894 new COVID-19 infections, including 435 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 20,160,154, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said.

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Thursday’s figure fell from the 119,922 the previous day, which was the highest since the 125,822 cases reported April 15. But it increased from the 88,374 reported a week ago, as the omicron variant BA.5 continued to spread rapidly.

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The number of seriously ill patients rose to 310, the highest figure since May 18, when the tally stood at 313.

The KDCA reported 34 deaths from COVID-19, raising the death toll to 25,144. The fatality rate was 0.13 percent.

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South Korea, with a population of 51.6 million, reached the grim milestone of 20 million coronavirus infections Wednesday, 2 1/2 years after its first COVID-19 case was reported Jan. 20, 2020. (Yonhap)

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