Second South Korean coronavirus patient dies - Yonhap


  • World
  • Friday, 21 Feb 2020

People wearing masks to prevent contracting the coronavirus wait for a signal at a zebra crossing at Dongseong-ro shopping street in central Daegu, South Korea February 21, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

SEOUL (Reuters) - A second South Korean coronavirus patient died, the Yonhap news agency said on Friday, after the number of cases of coronavirus in South Korea doubled overnight to 204, almost all of them found in and around the country's fourth largest city Daegu.

The patient had been transported from Daegu for treatment in Busan, South Korea's second-largest city, Yonhap reported.

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