Seoul (South Korea): South Korea on Monday confirmed its first two deaths linked to Omicron Covid-19 variant.
South Korea confirms first 2 deaths linked to Omicron variant
Seoul (South Korea): South Korea on Monday confirmed its first two deaths linked to Omicron Covid-19 variant.
The second case was reported on December 29. It has been categorised as an epidemiologically relevant case, which had yet to reach a final conclusion.
All deceased were connected to a cluster infection at the nursing hospital, where 21 persons tested positive for Covid-19.
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The first patient completed the administration of two vaccine doses in late October, while the second patient was fully inoculated in May. In the latest tally, the country reported 3,129 more cases of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, lifting the total number of infections to 6,42,207. The daily Covid-19 caseload hovered below 4,000 for two days.
The number of Omicron variant infections was 1,318 so far, including 703 imported cases and 615 domestic transmissions, up 111 from the prior day.
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