SEOUL, May 24 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea reported 26,344 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight, compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 17,993,985, the health authorities said today.
The daily caseload was sharply up from 9,975 the previous day, but it was lower than 35,104 tallied a week earlier, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA).
The health authorities believed that, the daily caseload has been on the decline following the Omicron variant-driven resurgence, which may have peaked in the middle of March.
Among the new cases, 43 were imported, lifting the total to 32,571.
The number of infected people who were in a serious condition stood at 232, up seven from the previous day.
A total of 19 more deaths were confirmed, bringing the death toll to 24,006. The total fatality rate was 0.13 percent.
The number of people who received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines was 44,570,419 or 86.9 percent of the total population, and the figure for those getting booster jabs was 33,268,421 people, or 64.8 percent of the population.– NNN-YONHAP
