South Korea’s new COVID-19 infections stayed at more than 35,000 cases for four days in a row Tuesday, as the highly infectious Omicron variant has become the country’s dominant strain, Yonhap news agency reported.

The country reported 36,719 new COVID-19 infections, including 36,619 local cases, raising the total to 1,081,681, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA).

The accumulated virus caseload surpassed a grim milestone of 1 million on Sunday, two years after South Korea reported its first COVID-19 case.

Tuesday’s tally is a twofold increase from the levels seen a week ago and more than a fourfold jump from two weeks ago, the KDCA said.

The death toll from COVID-19 came to 6,922, up 36 from Monday. The fatality rate was 0.64 percent, down from 0.66 percent a day earlier.

As of Tuesday, 28.42 million people, or 55.4 percent of the country’s 52 million population, had received booster shots. The number of fully vaccinated people came to 44.13 million people, accounting for 86 percent.

Source: Emirates News Agency