South Korea reports 29 more COVID-19 cases, 10,991 in total

South Korea reported 29 more cases and one more death due to COVID-19 compared to 24 hours ago as of 0:00 a.m. local time on Thursday. This raises the total number of infections in the country to 10,991 and death toll to 260, according to the Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC).

The daily caseload has hovered around 30 for five straight days as a cluster of infections was found from clubs and bars in the multicultural neighborhood of Itaewon in Seoul. A total of 133 cases linked to Itaewon have been reported so far, 73 of which were registered in Seoul – with the others elsewhere in the country – forming the second-largest cluster of infections in the capital.