South Korea has recorded its largest rise in coronavirus infections in a single day, with 594 new cases confirmed on Friday.
The increase brings the total number of infections in South Korea to 2,931, according to the Korea Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC).
Seventeen people have died in the country so far.
South Korea has the highest number of confirmed cases outside China where the outbreak started.
Separately, there has been concern over a number of new cases of unknown origin in the US states of California and Oregon.
What’s happening in South Korea?
Most of the new cases of the Covid-19 respiratory disease were in Daegu, the south-eastern city that has been at the centre of the country’s outbreak.
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How worried should we be?
The spread of the virus in South Korea has been linked to the fringe Christian group Shincheonji Church, seen by some as a sect. Authorities believe members infected one another during services in Daegu and then fanned out around the country, apparently undetected.
David Adams
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