SEOUL, Mar 3 (NNN-XINHUA) – South Korea confirmed 599 more cases of the COVID-19 on Monday, raising the total number of infections to 4,335, and the death toll advanced to 26.
Nineteen patients were in critical conditions, indicating a further increase in the death toll.
The fatality rate here was 0.5 percent as of midnight local time. The figure gained to 3.1 percent for those in their 70’s and 3.7 percent among those in their 80’s or higher, according to the health authorities.
The virus infection soared for the past 12 days, with 3,705 new cases reported from Feb 19 to Mar 1. The country raised its four-tier virus alert to the highest “red” level.
Worried about the rapid virus spread, the education ministry ordered all preschools, primary and secondary schools nationwide, to postpone their Mar openings by two more weeks to Mar 23.
Korea Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) updates the data twice a day at 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. local time.– NNN-XINHUA
