SEOUL – SEOUL, South KoreaSouth Korea has reported 50 new cases of COVID-19 as officials began requiring nightclubs, karaoke rooms and gyms to register their customers with smartphone QR codes so they could be easily located when needed.The figures from the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday brought national totals to 11,902 cases and 276 deaths.
At least 41 of the cases were reported from the Seoul metropolitan area, where officials have struggled to trace transmissions linked to entertainment venues, church gatherings and low-income workers who couldn’t afford to stay home.Since late May, the country has been reporting around 30 to 50 new cases per day, a resurgence that has threatened to erase some of the.