S.Korea: Only 17 local Covid-19 reported as death toll from floods keep rising

A part of a park near the Han River are flooded due to heavy rain in Seoul on Sunday (Aug 9). The safety ministry said the Seoul area and the southern region are expected to receive more heavy rain this week. - AP

SEOUL, Aug 10 (Xinhua): South Korea reported 28 more cases of the Covid-19 (coronavirus) as of Monday lmorning compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 14,626.

The daily caseload moved between 20 and 50 in recent days due to small cluster infections and imported cases.