Posted : 2021-01-08 10:17
Updated : 2021-01-08 10:17
A medical worker in a booth takes a sample from a man at a coronavirus testing site in Seoul, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. AP
South Korea's daily new coronavirus cases dropped to a five-day low on Friday on a slowdown in large-scale cluster infections, while authorities are tightening grips on foreign arrivals to block the inflow of a more transmissible virus variant.
The country added 674 more COVID-19 cases, including 633 local infections, raising the total caseload to 67,360, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA).
Friday's caseload was the lowest since Jan. 2, when the figure stood at 657 due largely to less testing over the New Year's holiday. The daily caseload hovered below 1,000 for the fourth consecutive day.