SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea reported 869 new coronavirus cases for Monday, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said on Tuesday, down from a record high of 1,097 reported for Sunday.
South Korea had managed to keep cases relatively low during the previous two waves of infection, but the third wave has proven far more challenging for contact tracers to contain due to its emergence in the densely populated capital region.
(Reporting by Sangmi Cha; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)
