New virus cases most since early January, post-holiday resurgence looming
South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases increased by the most in more than a month to over 600 on Wednesday, prompting concerns over a virus resurgence after the Lunar New Year holiday amid eased social distancing rules.
The country reported 621 more COVID-19 cases, including 590 local infections, raising the total caseload to 84,946, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said.
The country added four more deaths, raising the total to 1,538.
Wednesday’s caseload was the highest since Jan. 10 when 657 cases were reported.
As of 6 p.m. Wednesday, the country added 476 more cases, up 13 from the same time Tuesday, according to health authorities and local governments. Daily infections are expected to exceed 600 Thursday given the figures.
New cases are counted until midnight each day and announced the next morning.
