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S.Korea reports 562 more COVID-19 cases, 70,212 in total

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SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- South Korea reported 562 more cases of COVID-19 as of midnight Wednesday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 70,212.

The daily caseload stayed below 600 for two straight days, showing signs of moderating after moving around 1,000 in December.

The daily number of infections hovered above 100 since Nov. 8 owing to small cluster infections in Seoul and its surrounding Gyeonggi province as well as imported cases.

Of the new cases, 148 were Seoul residents and 189 were people residing in Gyeonggi province.

Twenty-six were imported from overseas, lifting the combined figure to 5,814.

Twenty more deaths were confirmed, leaving the death toll at 1,185. The total fatality rate stood at 1.69 percent.

A total of 1,067 more patients were discharged from quarantine after making full recovery, pulling up the combined number to 54,636. The total recovery rate was 77.81 percent.

The country tested more than 4.87 million people, among whom 4,619,186 tested negative for the virus and 182,914 are being checked. Enditem

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