THE COVID WAVE IN SOUTH KOREA MAY BE CRESTING

  • 29/03/2022

The worst of the omicron outbreak in South Korea may be over, according to health officials, who say the current wave has reached its height. The number of cases is about half of what it was a week ago, and the number of virus-related deaths is also down.

On Monday, South Korea reported 187,213 new viral cases, down from 470 the day before, and 287 virus-related deaths, down dramatically from the previous day's record of 470.
 
According to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, the country had an average of more than 345,000 daily cases over the preceding seven days, which was still 10% higher than two weeks before.

In December, South Korea discovered its first omicron case. It began reporting approximately 10,000 new cases each day in January. The daily tally had surpassed 100,000 by February. This month, the number of cases each day increased to more than half a million, the highest of any country on the planet.

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