Shop owners in face masks wait for customers at Namdaemun Market in Seoul, South Korea, Sept. 1, 2020. South Korea reported 235 more cases of the COVID-19 as of 0:00 a.m. Tuesday local time compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 20,182. (Photo by Lee Sang-ho/Xinhua)
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) -- South Korea reported 235 more cases of the COVID-19 as of 0:00 a.m. Tuesday local time compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 20,182.
The daily caseload stayed below 300 for three days, but it continued to grow in triple digits since Aug. 14.
The number of confirmed cases for the past 19 days reached 5,412 owing to infections in Seoul and its surrounding Gyeonggi province linked to church services of Sarang Jeil Church in Seoul and a massive rally held in central Seoul on Aug. 15.
Of the new cases, 93 were Seoul residents and 60 were people residing in Gyeonggi province.
Thirteen were imported from overseas, lifting the combined figure to 2,836.
No more death was confirmed, leaving the death toll at 324. The total fatality rate stood at 1.61 percent.
A total of 225 more patients were discharged from quarantine after making full recovery, pulling up the combined number to 15,198. The total recovery rate was 75.30 percent.
Since Jan. 3, the country has tested more than 1.95 million people, among whom 1,882,155 tested negative for the virus and 56,743 are being checked.
