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Korea’s new COVID-19 cases above 35,000 for 4th day amid Omicron woes
SEOUL, 8th February, 2022 – South Korea’s new COVID-19 infections stayed at more than 35,000 cases for four days in a row Tuesday, as the highly infectious Omicron variant has become the country’s dominant strain, Yonhap news agency reported.
The country reported 36,719 new COVID-19 infections, including 36,619 local cases, raising the total to 1,081,681, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA).
The accumulated virus caseload surpassed a grim milestone of 1 million on Sunday, two years after South Korea reported its first COVID-19 case.
Tuesday’s tally is a twofold increase from the levels seen a week ago and more than a fourfold jump from two weeks ago, the KDCA said.
The death toll from COVID-19 came to 6,922, up 36 from Monday.
The fatality rate was 0.
64 percent, down from 0.
66 percent a day earlier.
As of Tuesday, 28.
42 million people, or 55.
4 percent of the country’s 52 million population, had received booster shots.
The number of fully vaccinated people came to 44.
13 million people, accounting for 86 percent.