S.Korea reports 22,298 new COVID-19 cases-Xinhua

S.Korea reports 22,298 new COVID-19 cases

Source: Xinhua| 2022-10-07 11:27:15|Editor: huaxia

SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- South Korea reported 22,298 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight Thursday in the past 24 hours, raising the total number of infections to 24,933,756, the health authorities said Friday.

The daily caseload was down from 28,648 in the previous day and lower than 28,488 tallied a week earlier, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency.

For the past week, the daily average number of confirmed cases was 23,539.

Among the new cases, 54 were imported from overseas, lifting the total to 68,195.

The number of infected people who were in a serious condition stood at 329, up four from the previous day.

Forty-one more deaths were confirmed, leaving the death toll at 28,614. The total fatality rate was 0.11 percent.

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