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.
South Korea reported 112,901 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight Thursday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 20,273,011, the health authorities said Friday.
A fire at a nightclub in Thailand's Chonburi province in the early hours of Friday has killed at least 13 people and injured more than dozens, the rescue team said.
