Covid deaths hit new daily high in South Korea amid surge in Omicron cases

A medical worker guides people waiting for a coronavirus test at a makeshift site in Seoul, South Korea (Ahn Young-joon/AP)

South Korea has reached another daily record in Covid-19 deaths as health officials reported more than 621,000 new infections on Thursday.

The figures underscore a massive Omicron surge that has been worse than feared and threatens an already over-stretched hospital system.