Total cases of coronavirus in South Korea touches 1,146

South Korea has registered 115 more cases related to coronavirus. The recent record has brought the total number of infected to 1,261.

Seoul: South Korea has reported 115 more cases of a new virus, mostly in the southeast city of Daegu and nearby areas, bringing its total number of infections to 1,261.

The Korea Centres for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday said 82 of the new cases are in the southeastern city of Daegu and nearby areas, where the government has been mobilizing public health tools to contain the virus. Another 19 cases came from the neighboring North Gyeongsang Province towns.

The country has also reported 11 fatalities from the virus, mostly at a hospital in the county of Cheongdo, near Daegu. Many of the cases have been tied to a Daegu church and authorities were tested its local members.

Chinese officials have reported a slowing in the number of new cases in recent days but it still has most of the world's 80,000 cases and 2,700 deaths.

New outbreaks were being reported, however, in places as far-flung as Italy and Iran, France and Algeria, and Spain’s Canary Islands. The tiny Persian Gulf nation of Bahrain counted 17 cases, including a school bus driver who had transported students as recently as Sunday.

(With inputs from AP)