South Korea’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) on Thursday reported 45 fresh cases of infection, a daily rise that has been fairly consistent since late May. Most have been in the Seoul metropolitan area, where health authorities have struggled to trace transmissions. The majority then were concentrated in a single church congregation in Daegu, South Korea’s fourth-largest city with 2.5 million people. South Korea’s total cases are now 11,947, including 276 deaths. The spike of infections in the capital area has inspired second-guessing on whether officials were too quick to ease on social distancing.

Source: Manila Times June 11, 2020 07:52 UTC