4,800 infected with coronavirus in South Korea

The number of people infected with deadly coronavirus or COVID-19 is on the gradual rise in South Korea.

The country has announced an additional death from the novel coronavirus on Tuesday morning, bringing the national death toll to 29, according to the country's Central Disaster Relief Headquarters.

Earlier, 600 new infections announced by the South Korean Centers for Disease Control pushed the East Asian country's total number of cases past 4,800 -- the biggest outbreak outside mainland China.

CNN, one of the mainstream news media across the world, came up with the information quoting the country’s authorities.

Since the virus first appeared in the city of Wuhan, China, in December it has infected over 90,506 people worldwide, killing 3,115.

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