South Korea has recorded less than 100 new daily virus cases again on Friday but health authorities remained on high alert over new cluster infections and imported cases.
According to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the 87 new cases, which were detected yesterday, brought the nation's total number of infections to 8,652.
So far, 100 people, mostly elderly patients with underlying health issues, have died in the country.
The authorities are on high alert over new clusters of infections including those in Seoul and its surrounding areas.
Seoul, Incheon and Gyeonggi Province saw their new daily infections rise by 35 to 644 on Thursday while the number of imported virus cases also rose by one to 17.
In addition to the confirmed cases of imported infection, 86 infections, including 50 suspected cases that may be imported from Europe, are suspected to have originated overseas.■
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