South Korea Reports Nearly 400 New Coronavirus Cases; No New Deaths

The spread of the coronavirus in South Korea is getting worse every day:

A warning sign is placed outside a shuttered school in Chuncheon, 85 kilometers east of Seoul, on Aug. 23, 2020. (Yonhap) 

South Korea’s daily coronavirus cases spiked to 397 on Sunday, all but 10 of them local infections, as new cases rose sharply not only in the capital area but with provincial infections also jumping to a triple-digit gain.

Of the total COVID-19 cases, 294 were reported in Seoul and the surrounding areas and the other 100 cases in provincial regions, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC).

The country’s total caseload has risen to 17,399.

Sunday’s new cases are the most since March 7, when the country reported 483 new cases, the KCDC said. 

Yonhap

You can read more at the link, but buried in the article is once again there have been no additional deaths leaving the death toll at 309 and there are only 30 people hospitalized.

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