Coronavirus: South Korea’s infection rate falls without citywide lockdowns like China, Italy – IOTW Report

Coronavirus: South Korea’s infection rate falls without citywide lockdowns like China, Italy

SCMP: South Korea has seen a steady decrease in new coronavirus cases for four consecutive days, despite being one of the worst-affected countries outside China, although global attention has shifted towards outbreaks in Italy and Iran.

As of end-Monday, it had 7,513 cases and 54 deaths. The Korea Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said there was an increase of 131 cases from Sunday to Monday.

The country averaged more than 500 new infections a day for the past two weeks, but last Friday, this number dipped to 438, then 367 on Saturday and 248 on Sunday. The daily number of confirmed cases is reported the following day. read more

10 Comments on Coronavirus: South Korea’s infection rate falls without citywide lockdowns like China, Italy

  1. Might be good news; might just be that the original and slightly anomalous mega-church cluster has run its course. There was a bit of an uptick this morning. Fingers crossed.

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  2. meanwhile, the good ole USA has turned into Venezuela
    Sams Club’s out of name brand TP/paper towels, rice, & beans
    we need that “found” warehouse of fema supplies shipped back from Puerto Rico

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  3. It’s beginning to look like this was an over reaction (or scam – for some reason), as the coronavirus was identified in 2018; and, some believe it possibly rides along with the annual flu virus, which kills between 290,000 to 650,00 worldwide each year.

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