This article is reprinted from [China News Network];
Chinanews.com reported on February 26, according to Yonhap News Agency, that South Korea’s Central Epidemic Prevention Countermeasures Headquarters reported on the 26th that as of 0:00 on the same day, South Korea was newer than the previous day at 0:00. There were 166,209 new confirmed cases of the new crown, and a total of 2,831,283 confirmed cases. According to statistics, this is also the fourth consecutive day that the number of confirmed cases in South Korea has exceeded 160,000.
It is reported that the number of newly confirmed cases in a single day increased by 319 compared with the previous day, an increase of 0.6 times compared with a week ago, and an increase of 2 times compared with two weeks ago. According to observations, the number of new cases in a single day will further increase.
At present, there are various predictions about the time and scale of the peak of the epidemic. The epidemic prevention department believes that the peak of the epidemic of the new crown variant “Omicron” will be ushered in mid-March, when new cases in a single day will be reached about 250,000 cases.
There were 166,068 community infections among the new cases that day, including 97,033 (58.4%) in the metropolitan area and 69,035 (41.6%) in other areas. There are 141 imported cases from abroad. There were 112 new deaths that day, a record high, with a total of 7,895 cases, with an average fatality rate of 0.28%. There are 643 critically ill patients, a decrease of 12 from the previous day.