Korea's Covid cases fall but stay in 100,000s
Published: 24 Aug. 2022, 10:12
![People wait in line to get tested for Covid-19 on Wednesday morning. [NEWS1]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2022/08/24/7a1df5e5-20df-487d-9e58-5b6a245320cd.jpg)
People wait in line to get tested for Covid-19 on Wednesday morning. [NEWS1]
Korea reported 139,339 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, a fall from yesterday’s figure.
The number of critically ill patients reached 573, the highest in the past four months, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) Wednesday. There were 63 deaths.
The accumulative total of confirmed cases in Korea stood at 22,588,640.
BY CHO JUNG-WOO [cho.jungwoo1@joongang.co.kr]
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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