South Korea's new COVID-19 cases hit 4-month low on slowing of Omicron wave
People wait in line to enter the '2022 Seoul Jazz Festival' at Olympic Park in Seoul, May 29. Yonhap
New COVID-19 cases fell to a four-month low for Sunday in the latest sign the Omicron variant has been slowing in recent months.
The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) reported 6,139 infections, including 48 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 18,086,462.
Sunday's tally was less than half the 12,654 cases reported for the day before, and the lowest since the 5,804 reported Jan. 19, in a steady downward trend in new infections.
In mid-March, daily cases soared to over 621,000 on the spread of the highly transmissible Omicron variant.
The KDCA recorded nine deaths, bringing the total caseload to 24,167 for a fatality rate of 0.13 percent; while the number of critically ill patients fell by 10 to 178. (Yonhap)