South Korea's Covid cases bounce back to over 100

Seoul, Oct 7 (IANS) South Korea's daily new infections of the novel coronavirus bounced back to over 100 cases on Wednesday after rising by double digits for six consecutive days as health authorities strive to curb sporadic clusters across the nation after a long holiday.The country added 114 more Covid-19 cases, including 94 local infections, raising the total caseload to 24,353, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA).The figure marks a sharp rise from 75 posted Tuesday and 73 cases reported Monday. It is also the first time since last Wednesday that the country's daily virus tally increased by triple digits, reported Yonhap news agency.Health authorities have been warning that the country could see an uptick in Covid-19 cases after the five-day Chuseok holiday that ran through Sunday.The country has carried out 2,378,073 coronavirus tests since January 3.
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