SEOUL, Apr 23 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea reported 75,449 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight, compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 16,830,469, the health authorities said today.
The daily caseload was down from 81,058 the previous day and far lower than 107,896 a week earlier, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA).
Among the new cases, 29 were imported from overseas, lifting the total to 31,761.
The number of infected people who were in a serious condition stood at 738, down 95 from the previous day.
A total of 151 more deaths were confirmed, bringing the death toll to 22,024. The total fatality rate was 0.13 percent.
The number of people who received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines was 44,536,236, or 86.8 percent of the total population, and the figure for those getting booster jabs was 33,061,123 people, or 64.4 percent of the population.– NNN-YONHAP
