SEOUL, Apr 19 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea reported 532 more cases of COVID-19 as of midnight last night, compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 114,646.
The daily caseload was down from 671 in the previous day, falling below 600 in six days, owing to fewer virus tests over the weekend.
The daily number of infections hovered in triple figures since Nov 8 last year, due to small cluster infections in Seoul and its surrounding Gyeonggi province, as well as, imported cases.
Of the new cases, 136 were Seoul residents and 142 were people residing in Gyeonggi province.
Twenty cases were imported from overseas, lifting the combined figure to 8,002.
Four more deaths were confirmed, bringing the death toll to 1,801. The total fatality rate stood at 1.57 percent.
A total of 468 more patients were discharged from quarantine, after making full recovery, pulling up the combined number to 104,474. The total recovery rate was 91.13 percent.
The country tested more than 8.41 million people, among whom 8,229,412 tested negative for the virus and 70,763 are being checked.
Since the mass vaccination was launched on Feb 26, the country has administered COVID-19 vaccines to a total of 1,517,390 with 60,585 fully vaccinated.– NNN-YONHAP
