Daily number of recoveries exceeds new confirmed cases for the second day in a row. FMTNews SouthKorea Covid19 Coronavirus
Workers spray disinfectant as a precaution against the new coronavirus at a subway station in Seoul, South Korea.
SEOUL: South Korea reported more recoveries from the coronavirus than new infections on Saturday for the second day in a row, as a downward trend in daily cases raised hopes that Asia’s biggest epidemic outside China may be slowing. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recorded 107 new coronavirus cases on Saturday compared with 110 a day earlier, taking the national tally to 8,086.For the second day in a row, the daily number of recovered people exceeded that of new confirmed cases since South Korea’s first patient was confirmed on Jan 20.
With the latest figures, South Korea has continued to see a steady drop in the number of new cases, raising hopes that the outbreak may be slowing in Asia’s fourth-largest economy. Of the latest 107 cases, 62 were from the hard-hit southeastern city of Daegu where a fringe Christian church at the centre of the epidemic is located, while 15 and 13 were in Gyeonggi and Seoul, respectively.
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