Seoul, May 18, 2021, SPA -- The Republic of Korea's daily new coronavirus cases fell below 600 on Tuesday, Yonhap reported. The country reported 528 more COVID-19 cases, including 506 local infections, raising the total caseload to 132,818, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said. There was one additional virus death, raising the total to 1,904. The fatality rate came to 1.43 percent. --SPA 15:29 LOCAL TIME 12:29 GMT 0019 www.spa.gov.sa/w1559180