South Korea: More than 16,000 cases of coronavirus for the first time

South Korea exceeds 16,000 new coronavirus cases for first time today the detection of her first case.

The Korean Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KCDA) announced that 16,096 cases of SARS-CoV-2 were confirmed in the 24 hours to midnight on Thursday and 24 patients died due to complications of COVID-19.

The pandemic in South Korea has reached 6,678 deaths out of a total of 793,582 infections, according to the KCDA. The mortality rate fell to 0.84%.

The number of infections has more than quadrupled since January 17, and the KCDA warns that it could reach as many as 100,000 a day in the coming weeks.

However, that of patients admitted to hospitals in critical condition decreased to 316 (-34 in 24 hours).

85.6% of the population (43.93 million out of a population of 52 million) has been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, while 51.4% (26.35 million) have received a booster dose, according to the data. of KCDA.

Source From: Capital

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