코로나 47명 늘어 총1만284명…46일만에 신규확진 50명미만<br /><br />Could South Korea be turning the corner in the coronavirus outbreak?<br />It's too early to say, but the signs are encouraging.<br />The number of newly confirmed coronavirus patients in South Korea was less than 50 on Monday a daily low not seen in weeks.<br />For more, we have our Eum Ji-young on the line for us.<br />Ji-young, just start by giving us the latest figures.<br />Sure. Forty-seven new cases of COVID-19 were reported this morning,... down sharply from the 81 new cases reported on Sunday.<br />Monday's figures are the lowest number of daily infections since late February.<br />This brings South Korea's total number of cases to 10-thousand 284.<br />The death toll rose by 3,... bringing the total deaths to 186.<br />It was 46 days ago February 20th when the number of newly confirmed patients was last below 50.<br />The number had been increasing by the hundreds for many days during February and March, but it has recently dropped under 100 cases a day.<br />Although Seoul and its surrounding areas are seeing a rise in confirmed cases, mainly because of imported cases and cluster transmissions, the number of newly-confirmed patients in Busan has been zero for five consecutive days.<br />Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun on Monday urged people to comply with the two-week social distancing extension. The government aims to keep daily cases to less than 50 and minimize untraceable cases to under 5 percent.<br />That's all I have for now but I'll bring more updates in a later newscast. Back to you Mark.<br />
