In South Korea, a record low number of cases were COVID-19 in 24 hours.

18 cases of coronavirus infection have been detected over the past 24 hours in South Korea. This is the lowest figure in the country since the end of February, the press service of the South Korean Center for Disease Control and Prevention reports. The total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Republic since the beginning of the pandemic has reached 10,653. The number of deaths from diseases caused by SARS- CoV -2 coronavirus in South Korea increased to 232. According to the news agency, on April 17 in South Korea confirmed the 25th case of infection with coronavirus of the new type SARS-CoV -2 at one of the bases of the U.S. Army. It was noted that a member of the family of one of the employees had been infected with coronavirus.