ALBAWABA - South Korea reported 89,586 new COVID-19 infections and 64 deaths in the past 24 hours, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said and according to WAM.
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Yonhap News Agency quoted KDCA as saying that the infection toll rose to 23,417,425 and the death toll reached 26,940, the UAE news agency added.
South Korea continues to have one of the highest rates of infections alongside Portugal, Austria, France, Netherlands and Greece according to new on the social media.
COVID UPDATE: South Korea's COVID caseloads stayed above 100,000 for the fourth consecutive day on Friday.
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The country added 101,140 new COVID-19 infections, slightly down from the 113,371 on Thursday.https://t.co/nk5DcfWkV4
Seoul has been reporting consistent high rates of Covid-19 over the last week.