The Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) today revealed that in the past 24 hours South Korea has found 621 more COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of infections to 84,946.
The number of new cases increased from 457 cases found the previous day. And above the 600 level for the first time in 38 days since Jan. 10, the past.
The increase in the number of cases was due to the Chinese New Year festival last week. In which family members returned to reunite their relatives Health officials warn people to avoid family gatherings to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
South Korea has continued to have more than 100 new cases of HIV infection since Nov.8 due to cluster infections in Seoul and Gyeonggi Province. Including infection from foreign countries
Of the newly diagnosed cases, 247 were in Seoul and 147 in Gyeonggi Province.
There were 31 more cases of HIV infected coming from abroad, bringing the total number of infected people coming from abroad at 6,778.
Meanwhile, four more deaths have been reported, bringing the total to death from COVID-19. In South Korea it rose to 1,538 and the death rate was 1.81%.
The number of healed people increased by 809, bringing the total to 75,360, while the recovered rate was 88.72%.
Xinhua news agency reported that South Korea tested for COVID-19 To more than 6.26 million people and found 6,103,211 people with negative results while 72,410 cases are pending results.
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