This article is from: People’s Daily Online
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| On the morning of February 23, citizens lined up for a rapid antigen test at a health station in Songpa-gu, Seoul. Source: Yonhap News Agency |
People’s Daily Online According to Yonhap News Agency, South Korea’s Central Epidemic Prevention and Countermeasures Headquarters reported on the 24th, and as of the same day 0 At that time, South Korea added 170,016 new confirmed cases of new coronavirus infection from 0:00 the previous day, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 2,499,188.
The number of new cases in a single day decreased by 1435 from the previous day, but exceeded 170,000 for two consecutive days. The peak forecast for the current round of the pandemic is also increasing, with some studies predicting a maximum of more than 330,000 cases, up from a previous maximum of 270,000.
Among the new cases that day, there were 1,698.46 million local infections and 170 imported cases. There were 82 new deaths that day, with a total of 7,689 cases, with an average fatality rate of 0.31%.