SEOUL (KOREA HERALD/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - South Korea added 246 more Covid-19 cases on Tuesday (Aug 18), bringing the total number of cases in the country to 15,761, according to the Korea Centres for Disease Control and Prevention's (KCDC) database.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SEOUL - South Korea added 246 more Covid-19 cases on Tuesday , bringing the total number of cases in the country to 15,761, according to the Korea Centres for Disease Control and Prevention's database.In nearby Gyeonggi province and Incheon, 52 and 18 cases were found, respectively. In major cities outside the capital region, Busan had seven, Daegu six, Gwangju three and Ulsan two.
On Sunday the number hit 279, exceeding 200 for the first time in five months - since March 11, when 242 new cases were reported. KCDC authorities have warned that the coronavirus is spreading in the Seoul metropolitan area at a much faster rate than it did in Daegu during the epidemic's first wave. Meanwhile, South Korea's health minister said on Tuesday the government will consider imposing tougher virus containment measures and movement restrictions, Yonhap news agency reported.
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