The country reported 112 fatalities in the latest 24-hour period.
NEW YORK -- South Korea saw its deadliest day of the pandemic on Saturday, reporting 112 fatalities in the latest 24-hour period, as it grapples with a wave of coronavirus infections driven by the fast-moving omicron variant.
Omicron has so far seemed less likely to cause serious illness or death than the delta strain that hit the country hard in December and early January. But hospitalizations and deaths are beginning to creep up amid a growing outbreak that is stretching worn-out health and public workers. New York Governor Kathy Hochul says elective surgeries can resume statewide. She had put restrictions in place at the start of the omicron surge. The governor also said the number of new COVID cases has not increased since she lifted the indoor mask or vaccination requirement. The future of requiring mask-wearing in schools, the next mandate that could be lifted, will be evaluated early next month. Hochul said the timeline for that decision remains the same.
"We continue to believe that getting vaccinated is the best way to protect against the COVID-19 virus," the company said.A 20-year-old New Hampshire woman has reunited with her new baby after fighting for her life against COVID-19 for two months. Macenzee Keller gave birth by emergency cesarean section in November but had to be kept under sedation, breathing with the help of machines. She spent 47 days having her blood pumped in and out of a machine that removes carbon dioxide.
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