The total number of Coronavirus cases that are confirmed in Korea surpassed 10,000 people as of Friday, 74 days after the first case was reported. Globally, the total number of Coronavirus infection cases surpassed 1 million on Friday.
Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) reported that there are 86 new confirmed cases, bringing the total number of 10,062 people confirmed as of Friday.
The government in Korea urged for stronger social distancing since 22nd of March and the daily number of new infection cases were 98 new cases on 22nd of March, 64 new cases on 23rd, 76 new cases on 24th, 100 new cases on 25th, 104 new cases on 26th, 91 new cases on 27th, 146 new cases on 28th, 105 new cases on 29th, 78 new cases on 30th, 125 new cases on 31st and 101 new cases on the 1st of April and 89 new cases on the 2nd.
From the 86 new cases on Friday, 42 people are confirmed as Coronavirus infection cases in the metropolitan area. This accounts for approximately half of the total number of new confirmed cases.
9 people are confirmed as Coronavirus cases in Daegu and 5 people are confirmed in North Gyeongsang province. Additionally, there are 2 confirmed cases in Gangwon and 1 case each in Gwangju, North Chungcheong province, South Chungcheong province, North Jeolla province, South Jeolla province and South Gyeongsang province, respectively.
Also, 22 new cases are confirmed as imported Coronavirus cases detected through the airport quarantine procedures. The total number of these imported cases are 647 people.
There are 193 new cases of people who are fully recovered and released from isolation, bringing the total number of 6,021 people who are fully recovered.
The death toll from Coronavirus infections reached to 174 people. This shows 5 more cases from the previous day.
443,273 cases in total are tested for Coronavirus and 108,908 people are waiting for the test result in Korea.
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