South Korea today recorded 505 more positive cases of nCoV, while China announced 433 new cases.

The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) has announced the country has recorded an additional 171 cases of nCoV, including 115 in Daegu City and 24 in North Gyeongsang Province, two major epidemic groups in Korea. Quoc.

This is the second time KCDC has announced new cases, bringing the total number of cases today to 505 and nationwide to 1,766. Thus, the number of new infections today in South Korea has surpassed China, the country this morning announced 433 new cases.

The mayor of Daegu, a city 300 km southeast of Seoul, said earlier that an additional nCoV-infected person had died, bringing the total number of deaths from epidemics in South Korea to 13, including a cult follower. New Heavenly Yard in Daegu. Only 2.1% of the infections, or 33 cases, relate to people who have recently traveled abroad or interacted with them.

The Covid-19 outbreak started in Wuhan, China in December 2019, and appeared in 48 countries and territories. The disease has made more than 82,000 people infected and more than 2,800 people died worldwide. Experts say the number of infections in countries around the world is growing faster than in mainland China.

South Korea reported the first case on January 20 with a female patient from Wuhan, Hubei province, the Covid-19 epidemic. However, the rate of infection was not alarming until February 18, when the 61-year-old Christian woman of the Tan Thien Dia cult was positive for the virus.

South Korea is currently the second largest outbreak in the world, after mainland China. The number of nCoV infections is expected to increase in the coming days as health authorities plan to test more than 210,000 Tan Thien Dia sect members.