S. Korea reports 1,618 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday while vaccination rates pick up pace

신규확진 1천618명, 전날보다 다소 줄어...접종완료 총 3천281만280명, 인구의 63.9%…1차접종률 78.5%...미 FDA 자문위, 화이자•모더나 이어 얀센 백신도 부스터샷 접종 권고 Higher vaccination rates in South Korea are bringing the number of new COVID-19 infections down. Saturday’s figure stood over 16-hundred... marking the eighth day in a row of figures below 2-thousand. Shin Ye-eun reports. The vaccination rate continues to rise. As of 64 percent of the South Korean population have been fully the country closer to the 70-percent mark. Meanwhile, the number of new COVID-19 infections dropped. Saturday’s caseload stood at 1-thousand 6-hundred was 66 less than what was reported yesterday. All but 24 were locally which nearly 80 percent were traced back to the greater Seoul area. The drop in cases comes ahead of South Korea easing certain social gathering restrictions from Monday. Until the end of this month, the greater Seoul area will remain under level four, and other regions at level three. But, bigger