People wearing face masks cross a road in Seoul on Friday (Sept 11, 2020). South Korea largely overcame an early Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak with extensive tracing and testing, but is now battling several outbreaks amid new virus clusters. - AFP
SEOUL, Sept 11 (Reuters): South Korea posted a slight rise in daily coronavirus cases on Friday, as infections eased from a church and political rally that sparked a second wave of outbreaks and new cases emerged in religious and sporting groups and a university hospital.
The Korea Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) reported 176 new cases as of midnight Thursday, which brought the total infections to 21,919, with 350 deaths.
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