Coronavirus: Cases in South Korea jump past 1,100

ANKARA 

Cases of the deadly coronavirus are spreading faster in South Korea, as the number jumped past 1,100 on Wednesday, local media reported.

The people infected include a U.S. soldier posted in the country, Yonhap news reported.

Korea’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention said coronavirus cases reached 1,146 today, as nearly 210,000 followers of a particular Christian sect were being examined. Twelve people have died of the disease.

Most new cases were centered at a branch of the sect – believed to be center of rapid infections – in the southeastern city of Daegu and a hospital in the neighboring county of