GETTING WORSE People wait to get coronavirus testing at a testing site in Seoul, South Korea on July 21, 2021. South Korea reported a surge in Covid cases in the last 96 hours. AP PHOTO
GETTING WORSE People wait to get coronavirus testing at a testing site in Seoul, South Korea on July 21, 2021. South Korea reported a surge in Covid cases in the last 96 hours. AP PHOTO


SEOUL: South Korea is reporting 1,842 newly confirmed coronavirus cases for the previous 24 hours - setting a new pandemic single-day record for the second straight day - while Japan reported the same grim scenario a day before the opening of the 2020 Olympics.

The cases announced on Thursday raised the country's total caseload to 184,103 with 2,063 deaths from Covid-19.

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