The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said that there were 5,352 new cases of COVID and 70 deaths over the past 24 hours, each a record high for the country in the nearly two-year-long outbreak.
South Korea’s COVID death toll now stands at 3,809, while new daily cases topped 5,000 three times this week.
The troubling numbers come despite a high vaccination rate and widespread compliance with mask policies among South Koreans.
First world problems I guess... would kill for the US to have those record highs, tbh...