South Korea still coping with new virus clusters
A Koran War veteran walks through a sterilizer as a precaution against COVID-19 while he arrives to attend a ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War in Cheorwon, South Korea, June 25, 2020 - AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon
South Korea has confirmed 62 additional cases of the coronavirus over a 24-hour period as the Asian country continues to face new clusters of infections amid eased social distancing rules.
The additional cases reported Sunday took the country’s total to 12,715, with 282 deaths.
The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 40 of the newly reported cases were domestically infected, while the other 22 came from overseas. It says 26 of the 40 domestic cases were detected in the densely populated Seoul metropolitan area.
South Korea has been struggling to suppress a spike in new cases since it eased up on its rigid social distancing rules in early May. Those new cases have been linked to nightclubs, church services, a huge e-commerce warehouse and low-income workers.
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