The South Korean government said Tuesday that eight people had died and six were missing in Seoul and neighboring Gyeonggi Province due to heavy rain since the previous day.
Ecuador on Monday confirmed three new cases of monkeypox, raising the country's total number of cases to 10, including one fatality, the Public Health Ministry said.
South Korea reported 55,292 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight Sunday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 20,544,420, the health authorities said Monday.
Five people were killed, and 37 others were injured in a South Korean fire accident that took place at a hospital building in Icheon, around 50 km southeast of the capital Seoul, Yonhap news agency reported Friday.
