One in five South Koreans have had Covid, as latest wave sees deaths surge
South Korea's cases began rising in February, driven by the highly transmissible Omicron variant. Authorities reported 395,598 new cases on Thursday, pushing the total caseload to 10.8 million, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency. That makes up about 20% of the national population -- meaning roughly one out of every five South Koreans have now been infected at some stage of the pandemic. Funeral homes struggle to keep up with a sudden surge in deaths.
Source: cnn.com