South Korea breaks new record with 170,000 cases of COVID-19 in one day, but the government says The situation can still be controlled.
Today (February 23, 65), the South Korean Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 The new case yesterday stood at 171,452, the first time the number of daily coronavirus cases in South Korea surpassed 170,000, a jump from Monday’s daily number of confirmed cases (21). Feb.), which stood at 99,573 people, or nearly doubled in just one day. The death toll was 99 yesterday, close to the record high.
However, the South Korean Bureau of Disease Control and Prevention confirmed that The Covid situation is still at a controllable level. It can also prevent severe exacerbations and prevent death. and information that occurs in the real world shows that There is a lesser chance that people infected with “Omicron” will develop severe symptoms or even die. Compared to Delta, those infected with omikron were nearly 75 percent more likely to have no serious symptoms or die.
A recent KDCA study looked at a total of 67,200 coronavirus cases since December last year. found that omikron infected Their rates of worsening symptoms and median mortality were 0.38% and 0.18 percent, respectively, less than those with Delta. The mean rates of worsening and mortality were 1.4 percent and 0.7 percent, respectively.
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