South Korea reports record high of 383,665 daily Covid-19 cases


People dine at a food stall in Gwangjang Market in Seoul, South Korea. - Bloomberg

SEOUL, March 12 (Xinhua): South Korea reported a record high of 383,665 daily Covid-19 cases as of midnight Friday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 6,206,277, the health authorities said Saturday.

The daily caseload was sharply up from 282,983 in the previous day, surpassing the previous high of 342,433 tallied on Wednesday, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA).

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