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South Korea to set new record COVID count with 2,924 cases as of 9pm Friday – Yonhap – Metro US

South Korea to set new record COVID count with 2,924 cases as of 9pm Friday – Yonhap

A woman wearing a mask to avoid contracting the coronavirus
A woman wearing a mask to avoid contracting the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) sits near an open-air cafe which has been cordoned off in Seoul

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea is expected to set another record high coronavirus daily count with 2,924 cases as of 9 p.m. on Friday, Yonhap news agency reported.

The count already exceeds the country’s current record for daily COVID-19 cases at 2,434 as of the previous midnight.

(Reporting by Joyce Lee; editing by Philippa Fletcher)