South Korean health officials said Monday that 4,207 cases of SARS-CoV-2 had been confirmed as of midnight on Sunday and 55 patients had died from complications of COVID-19.
The outbreak of the new coronavirus in Southeast Asia has reached 5,300 deaths since January 2020 out of a total of 611,670 confirmed infections, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Service (KDCA). The mortality rate has increased to 0.87%.
The cases decreased significantly compared to the previous one (5,419), but because there are fewer tests on the weekends. They fell below the 5,000 level for the first time in twenty days, since December 7th.
The number of critically ill patients decreased to 1,078 (–3 in 24 hours).
69 cases of the Omicron variant have been identified; a total of 445 have been reported, with 181 being transmitted to the community.
As of February 26, 85.7% of the population of 52 million have received the first dose of vaccine, 82.4% have been fully vaccinated, and 29.6% have received a booster dose, according to the KDCA.
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