SEOUL — South Korea on Sunday decided to maintain its current social distancing rules until Jan. 3 as the country tries to control COVID-19’s impact on the economy while it faces its third and deadliest wave of infections to date amid the winter holiday season.
The country on Sunday announced 970 new coronavirus cases — 946 locally transmitted and 24 imported from overseas — raising the total number of cases recorded in Korea to 56,872, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency.
Sunday’s tally marks a drop from 1,132 cases reached the previous day, largely because fewer diagnostic tests were carried out. The country has reported daily figures around the 1…
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