S. Korea records 197 new daily infection cases Monday

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코로나19 신규 확진자 197명 가운데 국내 발생 188명…나흘째 세자릿수

South Korea reported 197 new COVID-19 cases as of Monday midnight.
The country experienced a sudden surge of community infections.
According to the KCDC,... local transmissions amounted to a hundred-88 cases,... as recent cluster infections in Seoul and the surrounding Gyeonggi-do Province continue to push up the numbers.
This brings the accumulated number of cases to 12-thousand-eight-hundred-and-sixty-four.
No deaths reported,... keeping the toll at 305.
Over the past four days,... South Korea has seen a growing number of COVID patients after community infections broke out at churches, a fast-food franchise, nursing homes and other public places.
The nation's Prime Minister said authorities are reviewing the list of attendees at churches where cluster infections broke out.
He called on churchgoers at such venues to quickly undergo testing.
The country on Monday will begin a 'pan-governmental emergency response team' for the capital area