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South Korea becomes biggest coronavirus centre outside China as infections surge

South Korea is scrambling to contain an outbreak of the new coronavirus since a cluster of infections emerged from a religious sect in the southern city of Daegu.

Medical workers wearing protective gears carry a patient infected with a new coronavirus to the hospital in Chuncheon, South Korea.
Medical workers wearing protective gears carry a patient infected with a new coronavirus to the hospital in Chuncheon, South Korea. Source: AAP

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South Korea reported 161 more coronavirus cases Monday, taking the nationwide total to 763 and making it the world's largest total outside China.

The country has seen a rapid surge in the number of coronavirus cases since a cluster of infections emerged from a religious sect in the southern city of Daegu last week.

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