S.Korea Logs Over 600,000 New Covid Cases

Anupama Dash March 17, 2022

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Seoul, March 17: South Korea has reported 621,328 new Covid-19 cases, raising the total number of infections to 8,250,592, the health authorities said on Thursday.

The daily caseload was sharply up from 400,711 in the previous day, topping 600,000 for the first time, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA).

Of the new cases reported till Wednesday midnight, 128,375 were Seoul residents, while 181,983 and 32,964 in Gyeonggi and Incheon respectively. Among the new cases, 62 were imported from overseas, lifting the total to 30,537. The number of infected people who were in a serious condition stood at 1,159. A total of 429 more deaths were confirmed, leaving the death toll at 11,481. The total fatality rate was 0.14 per cent.