S. Korea adds 5,419 COVID cases, 69 deaths

South Korean health authorities said that 5,419 new coronavirus cases have been registered in the country since the previous daily update as the number of daily infections remained under 6,000 for the second consecutive day.

The total number of registered infections in South Korea since the start of the pandemic now stands at 607,463.

The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) noted that the COVID-19 death toll in the country climbed by 69 to 5,245.

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