S. Korea registers 35,620 breakthrough COVID-19 infections

SEOUL -- South Korea registered a total of 35,620 breakthrough COVID-19 infections, which refer to the fully vaccinated people who were infected with the virus, the health authorities said Tuesday.

The number of those who were infected with the COVID-19 two weeks after the full vaccination stood at 35,620 as of Nov. 7, up from 28,293 a week earlier, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA).

It equals to 99.2 in every 100,000 people who got fully vaccinated. As of Nov. 7, the number of the fully inoculated people was 35,907,789.

It is known that people can be protected from the virus two weeks after the fully vaccination.

By age group, the number marked the highest among those aged 80 or higher, whose breakthrough cases reached 183.4 in every 100,000 fully-inoculated people.

Among the total breakthrough cases, the number of those who were in a critical condition was 545. The death toll came in at 170.

In the latest tally, the country reported 2,125 more cases of COVID-19 for the past 24 hours, lifting the total number of infections to 399,591. The daily caseload stayed above 2,000 for seven days.