Covid cases in South Korea expected to reach 350,000 next week

The number of Covid-19 patients is expected to reach 350,000 next week, matching a peak seen in last year’s summer wave, a senior health ministry official said on Monday.

Hong Jung-ik, director-general in charge of infectious disease policy at the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, told a radio interview that health authorities have no plan



to raise an alert level for Covid while supplying enough treatments and testing kits.

“Although the current number of patients is about half of what was reported in August last year, considering the summer season trends over the past two years, the weekly figure could reach 350,000 by the end of this month, similar to last year’s peak,” Hong said.