[Xinhua News Agency’s special feature] South Korea’s Central Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters reported on the 13th that South Korea added 350,190 new confirmed cases of the new crown on the 12th, exceeding 350,000 for two consecutive days. The cumulative number of confirmed cases reported by South Korea on the 12th reached 6 million, an increase of 1 million in just 3 days.
The number of newly confirmed cases in South Korea on the 11th set a new record, reaching 383,664. The number of new cases fell on the 12th due to fewer tests over the weekend, but still exceeded 350,000.
Affected by the spread of the mutated new coronavirus Omicron strain, the current round of epidemics in South Korea has spread rapidly. The number of daily confirmed cases reported on the 9th exceeded 300,000 for the first time, and it was only a week after the daily increase of cases exceeded 200,000.
According to Yonhap News Agency, in the week ending March 6, 29,678 new cases were diagnosed per million people in South Korea, and 9 recent epidemics including the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, and New Zealand have spread or just passed the peak of the epidemic. the highest number of countries.
South Korea’s health department predicted on the 11th that the current round of epidemics may peak in the next few weeks, and the average daily number of new cases in seven days may reach 370,000.
The surge in new cases has simultaneously pushed up the death toll and the number of critically ill patients. South Korea reported 251 new deaths on the 13th; the number of severe cases increased to 1,074, exceeding 1,000 for six consecutive days.
The number of people infected with the new crown recuperating at home in South Korea hit a record high of 1.57 million on the 13th, an increase of more than 130,000 from the previous day.
Yonhap News Agency reported that as of the early morning of the 13th, 32.1 million of South Korea’s 52 million people had received a booster shot of the new crown vaccine. (End) (Liu Xiuling)