South Korea daily Covid-19 cases top 3,000 for first time after holiday, East Asia News & Top Stories


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SEOUL (REUTERS) – South Korea’s daily Covid-19 cases topped 3,000 for the first time on Saturday (Sept 25) as an outbreak fuelled by a three-day holiday this week continued to grow. The country reported 3,273 Covid-19 cases for Friday, a day after hitting the previous high, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said on Saturday. Of the new cases, 3,245 were locally transmitted and 28 were imported, bringing South Korea’s total to 298,402 infections with 2,441 deaths. More than 77 per cent of the domestically transmitted cases have been in Seoul and areas neighbouring the capital, where about...