SEOUL, Aug 3 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea reported 119,922 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight, compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 20,052,305, the health authorities said today.
The daily caseload was up from 111,789 the previous day and higher than 100,245 tallied a week earlier, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency.
For the past week, the daily average number of confirmed cases was 86,520.
Among the new cases, 600 were imported from overseas, lifting the total to 45,900.
The number of infected people who were in a serious condition stood at 284, up two from the previous day.
Twenty-six more deaths were confirmed, bringing the death toll to 25,110. The total fatality rate was 0.13 percent.– NNN-YONHAP
