[Breaking] "Slight Increase in Severe COVID-19 Cases Due to Rising 'Delta Variant' Domestically"

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Juhyung] Park Youngjun, head of the epidemiological investigation team at the Central Disease Control Headquarters, said at the regular briefing on the 4th, "If the number of patients increases regularly, we can also see whether the prevalence rate of a specific variant rises. In Korea, as the proportion of the Delta variant increases, the number of new COVID-19 confirmed cases is also rising, and although severe cases are not increasing significantly, there is a slight change."