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S. Korea reports 10th death from coronavirus as total cases near 1,000

By Yonhap

Published : Feb. 25, 2020 - 17:44

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South Korea reported its tenth fatality from the new coronavirus and 144 new confirmed cases on Tuesday, bringing the total number of infections here to 977.

A 58-year-old man linked to a hospital in the southeastern county of Cheongdo died of COVID-19, according to a statement from the Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

The number of newly reported virus cases in the daily update was smaller than the spike of 231 new cases a day earlier.

Two clusters of infections -- at a branch of a religious sect in the southeastern city of Daegu and a hospital in the neighboring county of Cheongdo -- have continued to expand. (Yonhap)