Seoul, Mar 21, 2021, SPA -- South Korea's daily new coronavirus cases stayed in the 400s for a fourth day on Saturday, with continued sporadic clusters in the greater Seoul area adding to concerns over a resurgence in cases as more people go out during the weekend, Yonhap quoted the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) as saying. The country reported 452 more COVID-19 cases, including 440 local infections, raising the total caseload to 98,209, KDCA added. The country added three more deaths from COVID-19, increasing the total to 1,693. The daily caseload was slightly lower from 463 on Friday. Daily new virus cases fell to the 300s on Monday and Tuesday on fewer tests over the weekend, but they rebounded to the 400s on Wednesday. Despite extended preventive quarantine measures, clusters infections have shown no signs of letting up in the densely populated greater Seoul area. The government earlier announced it will maintain virus curb measures that were set to expire on March 14 for another two weeks until March 28 to contain the virus's spread. The measures include attendance caps at schools, religious activities and sports events. --SPA 00:28 LOCAL TIME 21:28 GMT 0001 www.spa.gov.sa/w1527747
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