SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) — South Korea recorded 7,622 more confirmed cases of COVID-19 over the past 24 hours until midnight Wednesday, bringing the total tally to 544,117.
The daily caseload was slightly down from a record high of 7,850 reported a day earlier.
The recent resurgence in cases was attributable to small cluster infections in the Seoul metropolitan area.
Of the new cases, 3,047 were Se