South Korea reported 123 new confirmed
coronavirus cases and a fourth death from the virus, taking the national tally to 556, the
Korea Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention (
KCDC) said on Sunday.
More than half the additional cases were found to be linked to a church in the southeastern city of Daegu after a 61-year-old woman known as "Patient 31" who attended services there tested positive for the virus last week, KCDC said in a statement.
The coronavirus originated in China and has spread to more than two dozen countries. China has reported 75,569 cases to the
World Health Organization and 2,239 deaths.