China News Service, March 9. According to Korean media reports, South Korea's Central Epidemic Prevention Countermeasures Headquarters stated that as of 0:00 on March 9, South Korea had added 342,446 new confirmed cases of new crown compared with 0:00 the previous day, a single-day increase since the outbreak. The highest number of cases, the cumulative number of confirmed cases exceeded 5 million, reaching 5,212,118.
According to the report, due to the rapid spread of the mutant strain of Omicron, the number of newly confirmed cases of new crowns in South Korea in a single day has hit new highs recently.
Previously, the highest number of newly confirmed cases in a single day was 266,847 reported on the 4th.
At the same time, the cumulative number of confirmed cases is constantly breaking new records.
So far, the cumulative number of confirmed cases has exceeded 5.1 million, 779 days after the first confirmed case of the new crown in South Korea.
Korean media pointed out that the population of South Korea is about 52 million, which is equivalent to 1 in 10 people in South Korea infected with the new crown virus.
On the other hand, the 20th presidential election was held on the 9th.
Considering that the number of confirmed cases on the day may further increase, it is expected that the number of daily confirmed cases reported on the 9th may reach 350,000.