SEOUL: South Korea's daily number of Covid-19 cases hit a new record high, surpassing 27,000 for the first time amid the spread of the Omicron variant of the virus, the health authorities said on Friday.
People wearing face masks walk in a shopping mall in Hanam, South Korea, Sept. 24, 2021. South Korea's daily COVID-19 cases hit a new record high as mass migrations of people visited hometowns during the Mid-Autumn holiday, which led to a rapid spread of the virus across the country, the health authorities said Friday. In the latest tally, the country reported 2,434 more cases of COVID-19 for the past 24 hours, lifting the total number of infections to 295,132, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA). It marked the country's highest daily caseload since the first case was found here in January last year. The previous high was 2,221 tallied on Aug. 11. XINHUA PHOTO
SEOUL: South Korea's daily number of Covid-19 cases hit a new record high, surpassing 27,000 for the first time amid the spread of the Omicron variant of the virus, the health authorities said on Friday.