irst time.Education Minister Yoo Eun-hye said that schools were now"experienced enough to safely run classes" after two years of the pandemic, adding that there was an emergency response system in place to help them control and prevent infections.
The number brought the total tally of cases in the country to 3,492,686 since the pandemic began, with the death toll rising by 96 to 8,266. Health authorities had earlier predicted that the Omicron wave would peak around the middle of this month with some 250,000 cases a day. Experts warned that the death toll could rise to 200-300 a day, and the number of critically-ill patients could exceed 1,200 daily.
Officials said this was in line with plans to resume normal activities as Covid-19 entered an endemic phase in the country, and to focus resources on treating vulnerable groups such as the elderly and those with underlying conditions. Those with mild symptoms are being told to just recover at home. Children aged nine and below made up 12.2 per cent of all cases on Wednesday, while those aged between 10 and 19 accounted for 12.7 per cent. Both were record-high figures.
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