SoKor's daily Covid-19 cases surge to new high 171,452
People wait in line to receive tests at a Covid-19 testing station in the southwestern city of Gwangju on Feb. 22, 2022, in this photo provided by a local government. (Yonhap photo) SEOUL - South Korea's new Covid-19 infections soared to another high of over 170,000 on Wednesday, nearly doubling from a week earlier, as the highly contagious omicron variant continued to spread across the country. The country reported 171,452 new Covid-19 infections, including 171,271 local cases, raising the total caseload to 2,329,182, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA). Th...