New infections in 5,000s for 2nd day, serious cases at record high amid new variant woes
South Korea reported 5,266 new COVID-19 cases, including 5,242 local infections, raising the total caseload to 457,612, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA). It marked the second straight day that the number of new coronavirus cases has been above 5,000.
The country added 47 more deaths from COVID-19 on Thursday, raising the death toll to 3,705. The fatality rate stood at 0.81 percent.
The number of critically ill patients reached an all-time high of 733 on Thursday.
On Wednesday, the number of new cases and serious cases breached the 5,000 mark and the 700 mark, respectively, for the first time since the country reported the first outbreak of COVID-19 early last year.
The emergence of the omicron variant has put a damper on South Korea's efforts to return to normalcy with a gradual easing of virus restrictions under the "living with COVID-19" scheme that began last month.
The country had planned to further relax the virus curbs in mid-December after four weeks of the first phase.
On Monday, the government decided to put the scheme on hold, saying the pandemic risk level, a new five-tier assessment system it introduced last week to evaluate the degree of COVID-19 risk, has reached the highest level in the country's capital area.
The government said it will speed up the administration of booster shots and secure more hospital beds over the next four weeks.
Of the locally transmitted cases, Seoul reported 2,262 new cases, the surrounding Gyeonggi Province posted 1,490 more cases and the western port city of Incheon with 354 cases.
The number of cases from overseas came to 24, raising the total to 15,795. (Yonhap)
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