South Korean army soldiers wearing protective suits spray disinfectant to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 virus on a street in Daegu, South Korea on Feb 27, 2020. - AP
SEOUL (AFP): South Korea reported 256 new coronavirus cases on Friday (Feb 28), taking its total -- the highest in the world outside China -- to 2,022, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
More than 90 per cent of the new cases were in Daegu -- the city at the epicentre of the outbreak in South Korea -- and the neighbouring North Gyeongsang province, it added, with no further deaths keeping the toll at 13.
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