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Seoul/Beijing: South Korea reported its largest daily increase in coronavirus cases on Wednesday after 284 new infections were confirmed, bringing the total to 1,261 in the country. The majority of the cases are concentrated in the south-eastern city of Daegu, which has a population of around 2.5 million, and the surrounding region.
The quickly-spreading outbreak, which has also hit Cheongdo in North Gyeongsang Province, is the largest outside China.
The US military said one of its soldiers was in self-quarantine after testing positive. The 23-year-old is based at Camp Carroll, located near Daegu. There are 28,500 US military personnel in South Korea.
Twelve deaths related to the Covid-19 illness caused by the virus have been recorded in South Korea, the Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said. (DPA)
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