SEOUL: South Korea reported 147 new Covid-19 coronavirus infections on Saturday, holding to its downward trend in daily infections from a peak in February, but concerns about new outbreaks around small clusters and people coming from abroad persisted. South Korea has seen a downward trend in new cases from the peak of 909 cases reported on Feb 29. Out of the 147 new cases, 109 were from South Korea’s fourth-largest city, Daegu, and the adjoining North Gyeongsang Province, where 86 per cent of all South Korean cases have been so far. But others saw increases as well, including 15 new cases in Seoul and six detected while returning from abroad. Yoon said South Korea has not considered extreme forms of travel restrictions that other countries have taken, and asked the public for continued voluntary efforts at social distancing.

Source: New Strait Times March 21, 2020 03:45 UTC