{"id":118844,"date":"2021-07-28T04:52:41","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T04:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=118844"},"modified":"2021-07-28T04:52:41","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T04:52:41","slug":"south-korea-reports-its-highest-covid-19-daily-count-as-fourth-wave-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/business\/south-korea-reports-its-highest-covid-19-daily-count-as-fourth-wave-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea reports its highest Covid-19 daily count as fourth wave continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>South Korea&#x27;s daily tally broke a previous record set on July 22 as infections are spreading beyond the capital Seoul and its neighboring regions where the toughest social distancing rules are in place.<\/li>\n<li>This is the first time the number of cases outside the Seoul metropolitan region has exceeded the 600 mark since the first Covid-19 wave emerged.<\/li>\n<li>Tighter social distancing curbs took effect across most of the country on Tuesday and will last for two weeks. Those areas will be under Level 3 curbs on a four-level scale, which will mean a 10 p.m. dining curfew and ban on gatherings of more than four people.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>South\u00a0Korea\u00a0on Wednesday reported 1,896 new Covid-19 cases for Tuesday, its highest-ever daily increase, as the country struggles to subdue a fourth wave of outbreaks fanned by the more contagious delta variant of the coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>The daily tally broke a previous record set on July 22 as infections are spreading beyond the capital Seoul and its neighboring regions where the toughest social distancing rules are in place.<\/p>\n<p>There were 1,823 domestically transmitted cases on Tuesday and 33.5%, or 611, of the were from areas outside the capital regions, according to the\u00a0Korea\u00a0Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA).<\/p>\n<h2>CNBC Health &amp; Science <\/h2>\n<p>Read CNBC&#x27;s latest global coverage of the Covid pandemic:<\/p>\n<p>CDC reverses indoor mask policy, saying fully vaccinated people and kids should wear them indoors<\/p>\n<p>Mississippi and Louisiana have some of the worst vaccine rates and highest hospitalizations in U.S.<\/p>\n<p>California is requiring proof of\u00a0Covid\u00a0vaccination for state employees\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Moderna says it plans to expand\u00a0Covid\u00a0vaccine trial for kids 5 to 11<\/p>\n<p>This is the first time the number of cases outside the Seoul metropolitan region has exceeded the 600 mark since the first Covid-19 wave emerged from a church in the southeastern city of Daegu.<\/p>\n<p>Tighter social distancing curbs took effect across most of the country on Tuesday and will last for two weeks. Those areas will be under Level 3 curbs on a four-level scale, which will mean a 10 p.m. (1300 GMT) dining curfew and ban on gatherings of more than four people.<\/p>\n<p>The tighter curbs were enacted to prevent the further spread of the coronavirus during South\u00a0Korea&#x27;s peak summer holiday season.<\/p>\n<p>The great Seoul area region remains under Level 4 curbs that include a ban on gatherings of more than two people after 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/07\/28\/south-korea-reports-its-highest-covid-19-daily-count-as-fourth-wave-continues.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Korea&#x27;s daily tally broke a previous record set on July 22 as infections are spreading beyond the capital Seoul and its neighboring regions where [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":118843,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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