South Korea has announced the Fourth Wave

SEOUL: JULY 15 – The number of COVID-19 infections is increasing in South Korea. The 4th wave of COVID-19 began last Saturday, officials said here.

Over 1,600 people were infected with the COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, according to South Korean officials.

Naturally, compared with the previous day, the number fell by 15. Tuesday in South Korea a total of 1,615 people were found. According to officials in South Korea, so many people were infected for the first time in six months.

Over the last 10 days, authorities in South Korea have seen at least 1,000 people infected.

In South Korea, at the same time, there have been 173,511 infected persons. In recent weeks, there have been an increase in the number of Kovid infections.

The fourth wave of COVID-19 is beginning here, as South Korean health officials say, with the number of such cases increasing in recent weeks.

The health ministry of South Korea stated that the number of people infected had increased nationwide since July 1. In recent days, the country figure is 55% higher than in the past three weeks.

On the basis of those data, health officials said last Wednesday that the fourth phase of the corona epidemic was formally launched in South Korea. Approximately half of the infections in the 24-hour count were in the capital Seoul at midnight on Wednesday. The government of Korea has stated that its corona vaccination campaign has expanded.

So far, 2,050 individuals are dead here due to COVID-19 infection. The death rate is 1.18 percent here, according to South Korean health officials.

-XINHUA