Omicron cases in Seoul more than double to 456 from week ago
A healthcare worker disinfects a facility at a COVID-19 testing center in the Songpa District of southern Seoul, Jan. 10. Yonhap
Infections from the Omicron variant of COVID-19 had more than doubled to 456 in Seoul, Monday, from last week's 183 cases, according to the city government.
The variant makes up 0.2 percent of the total COVID-19 cases confirmed in the capital so far.
Omicron is highly likely to become the most prevalent COVID-19 variant in the city by late this month or February, Park Yoo-mi, a disease control official with the local government said.
Seoul, meanwhile, saw its average number of daily new coronavirus infections decline from 1,533 in the final week of December to 1,077.7 last week.
The fatality rate remained unchanged from two weeks ago at 1.5 percent. (Yonhap)