South Korea Continues to Have Record Number of Coronavirus Infections

GIKorea | December 27, 2020 | Korea-General Topics | 2 Comments

Though South Korea is having it highest daily infection numbers yet, it is important to keep perspective. For a country of 51 million people these numbers are basically the equivalent of a large American city:

People line up to take new coronavirus tests at a temporary screening station set up at a square in front of Seoul Station on Dec. 25, 2020. (Yonhap)

South Korea reported more than 1,100 daily new coronavirus cases on Saturday, adding pressure on authorities to tighten social distancing rules to flatten the curve of infections.
The country reported 1,132 more COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, including 1,104 local infections, putting the total caseload at 55,902, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA).
The tally is slightly lower than Friday’s new record high of 1,241. The death toll rose by 20 to 793, with the fatality rate at 1.42 percent.
Yonhap

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