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TwitterAs of January 13, 2022, contact with prior confirmed cases accounted for 47 percent of the COVID-19 confirmed cases in South Korea. The cases related to Shincheonji Church, which caused the rapid outbreak of coronavirus nationwide, once took up the largest share of the total infections, although there were no newly attributed infections to the group in recent figures. After the first wave which lasted till April 2020, Seoul and the metropolitan areas were hit hard by a few cluster infections during the second wave in August 2020. Currently, South Korea is facing another wave, fueled by the delta and omicron variants, with several hundred daily confirmed cases mainly in Seoul and its neighboring areas.
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TwitterAs of January 13, 2022, contact with prior confirmed cases accounted for 47 percent of the COVID-19 confirmed cases in South Korea. The cases related to Shincheonji Church, which caused the rapid outbreak of coronavirus nationwide, once took up the largest share of the total infections, although there were no newly attributed infections to the group in recent figures. After the first wave which lasted till April 2020, Seoul and the metropolitan areas were hit hard by a few cluster infections during the second wave in August 2020. Currently, South Korea is facing another wave, fueled by the delta and omicron variants, with several hundred daily confirmed cases mainly in Seoul and its neighboring areas.
For further information about the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, please visit our dedicated Facts and Figures page.