SEOUL — South Korea’ daily tally of new COVID-19 cases broke the 1,000 mark on Sunday. It was the highest total since the coronavirus outbreak began here in January, with the government’s antivirus restrictions appearing to have borne little fruit.
Korea added 1,030 coronavirus cases — 1,002 locally transmitted and 28 originating from overseas — in the 24 hours ending Saturday at midnight, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency.
Sunday’s case count marked the highest since the country reported its first coronavirus case Jan. 20. The daily number of new cases had stayed within the 400 to 600 range earlier this month but soared to 950 on Saturd…
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