Korea Joongang Daily
Korea JoongAng Daily

Number of new Covid infections fall on week

Fewer people tested positive for the coronavirus on Saturday than a week before, in what could be a sign that the sixth wave is ebbing.

2022-08-21

In sixth Covid wave, critically ill patients rise

Critically ill Covid-19 patients rose to 521 as of Sunday midnight, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said, the highest since April 29’s 526 critical cases.

2022-08-15

New infections yo-yo as sixth wave's peak nears

Some 55,000 people tested positive for the coronavirus on Sunday, a nearly 50 percent slump from the day before yet 1.24 times more than a week earlier.

2022-08-08

Korea's sixth Covid wave might be smaller but longer

New Covid-19 cases topped 100,000 for the sixth consecutive day on Sunday as Korea's sixth virus wave struggles to peak.

2022-08-07

Covid infections on the wane, but critical numbers rise

Critically ill Covid patients continued to climb even as new infections fell below 50,000, health authorities said Monday.

2022-08-01

Sixth Covid wave is peaking earlier than expected

New Covid-19 infections in Korea appear to be increasing at a slower rate than in previous weeks, medical experts said Thursday, with a peak to the sixth wave expected in one to two weeks.

2022-07-28

Thanks to BA.5 variant, new infections near 100,000

Korea’s daily Covid-19 cases soared to nearly 100,000 on Tuesday as the country enters its first wave of the pandemic without any major restrictions.

2022-07-26

BA.2.75 makes its first known local transmission

Korea on Monday confirmed its first locally-transmitted case of the Omicron subvariant BA.2.75, nicknamed Centaurus, the most contagious version yet.

2022-07-25

Second case of Centaurus variant detected in Korea

Korea confirmed its second case of the Omicron subvariant BA.2.75 — nicknamed Centaurus — which is known to be more resistant to immunity than its predecessors.

2022-07-21

Nursing home visits stopped as virus wave grows

Bracing for a surge of up to 300,000 new Covid-19 cases a day, health authorities on Wednesday announced additional containment measures such as new testing centers and reimposing a ban on face-to-face meetings with patients in nursing homes.

2022-07-20