SEOUL, Aug 8 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea reported 55,292 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight, compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 20,544,420, the health authorities said today.
The daily caseload was down from 105,507 the previous day, due to fewer virus tests on the weekend, but it was higher than 44,654 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 103,411.
Among the new cases, 482 were imported from overseas, lifting the total to 48,408.
The number of infected people who were in a serious condition stood at 324, up 27 from the previous day.
Twenty-nine more deaths were confirmed, bringing the death toll to 25,292. The total fatality rate was 0.12 percent.– NNN-YONHAP
