S. Korea's new COVID-19 cases fall below 130,000; death toll hits 3-month high
Aug 20, 2022
South Korea's new COVID-19 cases fell below 130,000 Saturday, but the daily number of deaths reached a three-month high amid the continued virus wave driven by a highly contagious omicron subvariant. The country added 129,411 new COVID-19 infections, including 492 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 22,129,387, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said. It marked a decline from the previous day's 138,812 new cases but was still about 4 percent larger than a week ea