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South Korea reports 110 new cases of coronavirus, one death

By Ihesiulo Grace 13 March 2020 11 No comment

The latest tally brought the number of total cases to 7,979 and the death toll up to 67, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC), and marked the country’s lowest daily infection numbers since February 25.

The number of people cured in a day exceeded the number of daily new infections for the first time, according to news agency Yonhap.

The majority of the cases – including 65 of the latest ones – were concentrated in the south-eastern city of Daegu and the surrounding North Gyeongsang Province.

Most of the infections are linked to followers of a Christian sect in Daegu, while an overnight increase of 17 cases in the city of Sejong has been linked to an outbreak in a government department, according to Yonhap.

Globally there have been more than 125,000 confirmed cases of the virus as of Thursday morning, according to the World Health Organization. (dpa)