South Korea records spike in new coronavirus cases

Seoul: South Korea's new coronavirus cases spiked again on Sunday in the face of a steady rise in both locally transmitted infections and imported cases, further complicating the country's virus fight, South Korean news agency, Yonhap, reported,
The country added 62 cases of COVID-19 as of midnight, including 40 local infections, raising the total caseload to 12,715, according to the Korea Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, KCDC.
South Korea, meanwhile, reported no additional deaths, with the total death toll remaining at 282. The fatality rate was 2.22 per cent.
The total number of people released from quarantine after full recoveries stood at 47, bringing total cured patients at 11,364.
The country has carried out 1,251,695 tests since January.