S.Korea reports 94 more COVID-19 cases, 10,156 in total
South Korea reported 94 more COVID-19 cases compared to 24 hours ago as of midnight Saturday local time, raising the total number of infections to 10,156, Trend reports citing Xinhua.
Three more deaths were confirmed, lifting the death toll to 177. The total fatality rate came in at 1.74 percent.
A total of 304 more patients were discharged from quarantine after making full recovery, pulling up the combined number to 6,325.
The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) has updated the data once a day at 10:00 a.m. local time from March 10, after having announced it twice a day.
Except for the first 31 cases, all the infections have been reported since Feb. 19. The country has raised its four-tier virus alert to the highest "red" level.
Small cluster infections were still found in Daegu, Seoul and Gyeonggi province. Of the new cases, 32 were imported from overseas.
The total number of infections in Daegu, about 300 km southeast of Seoul, and its surrounding North Gyeongsang province increased to 6,761 and 1,310 respectively. It accounted for about 80 percent of the total.