South Korea’s Daily COVID Infection Falls Slightly After Reaching New High Over the Weekend

GIKorea | March 14, 2022 | Korea-General Topics | 4 Comments

Remember when the Korean government said that they would not ditch their “Living with COVID” strategy even if case rates went over 10,000? Before the case rates could even hit 10,000 the Moon administration implemented COVID restrictions once again. It seems like a long time ago, but this all only happened back in December. Now that it is March it is clear that the COVID restrictions did not work as case rates have hit a new record of 383,664:

This photo, taken March 13, 2022, shows people waiting in line to receive COVID-19 tests at a temporary testing center in Seoul Plaza in central Seoul. (Yonhap)

South Korea’s daily COVID-19 cases stayed above 350,000 for the second straight day Sunday as the country is grappling with the fast spread of the omicron variant.
The country reported 350,190 new COVID-19 infections, including 350,157 local cases, raising the total caseload to 6,556,453, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA).
The tally fell from an all-time high of 383,664 on Saturday due largely to less testing on the weekend.
Yonhap

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