China News Service, August 3. According to Yonhap News Agency, data released by Seoul and other local governments in South Korea on August 2 showed that from 0:00 to 21:00 on the same day, 115,311 new confirmed cases of new crown were added in 17 cities and roads across the country, with a cumulative number of confirmed cases. There are more than 20 million cases.
Data map: A poster of South Korea's measures to prevent the new coronavirus.
According to reports, after the cumulative number of confirmed new crown cases in South Korea exceeded 1 million on February 5, it showed a rapid increase due to the new crown variant Omicron. On March 8, the number of confirmed cases exceeded 5 million. There are more than 10 million and 15 million cases per day, respectively.
This time it only took 116 days to increase from 15 million cases to 20 million cases.
According to data from the Statistics Korea on July 28, as of November 1, 2021, the total population of South Korea (including foreigners) was 51.738 million, which means that about 2 out of every 5 people in South Korea have been infected with the new crown virus.
The Yonhap News Agency said that considering the possibility of a further increase in the number of confirmed cases that day, it is expected that the number of newly confirmed cases reported on August 3 for the whole day on the 2nd may reach about 120,000.