Republic of Korea: COVID-19 new cases fall below 700
Saudi Press Agency
Saturday 1442/10/3 - 2021/05/15
Seoul, May 15, 2021, SPA -- The Republic of Korea's daily new coronavirus cases fell below 700 on Saturday, Yonhap reported.
The country reported 681 more COVID-19 cases, including 661 local infections, raising the total caseload to 131,061, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said.
The Republic of Korea posted more than 700 daily infections on Thursday and Friday.
There were three additional virus deaths, raising the total to 1,896. The fatality rate came to 1.45 percent.
As of Saturday, 905,420 people, or 1.8 percent of the country's population, have been fully vaccinated, receiving both doses of two-part vaccines.
A total of 3,731,221 people, or 7.3 percent, have received their first shots of COVID-19 vaccines, up 9,548 from a day earlier.
--SPA
15:22 LOCAL TIME 12:22 GMT
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