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Two South Koreans test positive for coronavirus posthumously, as cases reach 3,150
- More than 9 in 10 of the new infections were in Daegu, the centre of contagion
- There were also three new deaths, with two testing positive for the Covid-19 disease posthumously
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South Korea on Saturday confirmed 813 more coronavirus cases, the biggest increase to date for the country and taking the national total to 3,150 infections with three additional deaths. It reported 594 new cases on Saturday morning and an additional 219 new cases by late afternoon.
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More than 90 per cent of the new cases were in Daegu, the centre of the country’s outbreak, and its neighbouring North Gyeongsang province, the Korea Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said in a statement.
Three women in the Daegu area died of the illness, taking the national toll to 16, the statement added. One of the victims was aged in her 90s.
The other two tested positive for the coronavirus posthumously, the Yonhap news agency reported.
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The national total is expected to rise further with screening of more than 260,000 people associated with the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, a secretive Christian sect often accused of being a cult that is linked to about half of the country’s cases.
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