Seoul, March 30 ( /Xinhua) South Korea reported 424,641 new Covid-19 cases, raising the total number of infections to 12,774,956, the health authorities said on Wednesday. The daily caseload was up from 347,554 in the previous day, but it was lower than 490,821 a week earlier, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA). Of the new cases reported till Tuesday midnight, 81,824 were Seoul residents, while 117,029 and 23,261 in Gyeonggi and Incheon respectively. The number of new infections in the non-capital areas was 202,495, or 47.7 percent of the total local transmission. Among the new cases, 32 were imported from overseas, lifting the total to 31,035. The number of infected people who were in a serious condition stood at 1,301. Total 432 more deaths were confirmed, leaving the death toll at 15,855. The total fatality rate was 0.12 per cent. /XINHUA PRT
