A worker wearing a protective suitsprays disinfectant as a precaution against the COVID-19 at a market in Seoul,
South Korea, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
BEIJING(AP) — South Korea and China each reported hundreds more virus cases Thursday
as the new illness persists in the worst-hit areas and spreads beyond borders.
SouthKorea reported 334 more cases, bringing its total to 1,595. Most of the new
cases were in the country's fourth-biggest city, Daegu, where the outbreak has
hit hardest and the national government has mobilized public health tools to
assist the region's overwhelmed medical system.
Butthere are signs the virus is spreading further in South Korea with 55 cases
reported so far in the capital, Seoul, and 58 in the second-largest city,
Busan. The country also confirmed its 13th death Thursday, with most still in
and near Daegu.
Chinareported 433 new cases along with 29 additional deaths. Thursday's updates
bring mainland China's totals to 78,497 cases, and 2,744 deaths.
Ofthe new cases, 383 were in the epicenter of the city of Wuhan, where the virus
first emerged in December. Wuhan also accounted for 19 of the new deaths.
Globalworries about the COVID-19 illness were multiplying, as the epidemic expanded
geographically and for the first time caused more new cases outside China than
inside the country. With Brazil on Wednesday confirming Latin America's first
case, the virus has reached every continent but Antarctica.
“Thesudden increases of cases in Italy, the Islamic Republic of Iran and the
Republic of Korea are deeply concerning," WHO director-general Tedros
Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.
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