China News Service, February 26, according to Yonhap News Agency, South Korea's Central Epidemic Prevention and Countermeasures Headquarters reported on the 26th that as of 0:00 that day, South Korea added 166,209 new confirmed cases of the new crown compared with 0:00 the previous day, with a total of 2,831,283 confirmed cases.
According to statistics, this is also the fourth consecutive day that the number of confirmed cases in South Korea has exceeded 160,000.
According to the report, the number of newly confirmed cases in a single day increased by 319 from the previous day, an increase of 0.6 times from a week ago, and an increase of 2 times from two weeks ago.
According to observations, the number of new cases in a single day will further increase.
At present, there are various predictions about the time and scale of the peak of the epidemic. The epidemic prevention department believes that the peak of the epidemic of the new crown variant "Omicron" will be ushered in mid-March, when the number of new cases in a single day will reach about 250,000.
Among the new cases that day, there were 166,068 community infections, including 97,033 (58.4%) in the metropolitan area and 69,035 (41.6%) in other areas.
There are 141 imported cases from abroad.
There were 112 new deaths that day, a record high, with a total of 7,895 cases, with an average fatality rate of 0.28%.
There are 643 critically ill patients, a decrease of 12 from the previous day.