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South Korea reports more than 6 lakh new Covid-19 Cases in a day:- When the entire world is done with the third wave of coronavirus, one country is battling big with the pandemic. More than 6 lakh new cases of Covid-19 are reported in a day in South Korea and at the same time the country has the lowest death rates across the globe. The country has been consistently conducting mass tests across the nation. There is no high rate of hospitalization and the situation is under control. The vaccination rate in the country is 88 percent and lakhs of people took the booster shots. The fatality rate in South Korea is 0.14 percent which is one tenth of USA and UK.

South Korea never implemented lockdown even in those days when the nation reported more than 8 lakh cases in a day. The booster shots too are supplied on priority basis. South Korea also spent more than 1.3 billion USD on RT-PCR testing till date as per the reports from the Korea Disease Control & Prevention Agency. The country also conducted more than a million tests in a day. The healthcare system is intact. There were 9000 cases reported in South Korea early this year and the hospitalizations are just doubled. Korean hospitals are very good at handling the situations.