Published : Feb. 15, 2022 - 21:44
People line up for COVID-19 tests at a testing facility located in central Seoul, Tuesday. (Yonhap)
South Korea has added 85,114 COVID-19 infections as of 9 p.m. on Tuesday, the government said Tuesday.
It is the first time that the country’s daily COVID-19 case number has surpassed 80,000.
The country’s daily case figure spiked on Tuesday as the omicron wave continued its nationwide rampage.
On Monday, the country added 57,177 COVID-10 cases.
By Shim Woo-hyun (
ws@heraldcorp.com)