Korea confirmed that the peak of the COVID-19 epidemic has passed

This is a sign that the peak of the wave of Omicron variant infections has passed.

According to South Korea’s Ministry of Health and Welfare Kwon Deok-cheol, the wave of infections peaked last week and has now turned to a downward trend after 11 weeks. However, people should not be caught off guard as the number of severe cases and deaths could rise further within 2-3 weeks after peaking.

Currently, the number of severe infections in South Korea has reached a peak of 1,273 cases, an increase of 57 cases compared to the previous day. About 70% of the beds for severe COVID-19 patients are already in use.

According to the KDCA, strain BA.2 has become the main infectious variant in South Korea when up to 56.3% of total infections were recorded last week, up more than 2 times from 22.9% in the previous week. the first week of March. Minister Kwon emphasized: “Since the BA.2 variant is spreading at a fast rate and the number of new infections has increased again in some European countries, we also need to monitor it. situation more closely before confirming with certainty that the current pandemic is on a decreasing trend.”

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