AKIPRESS.COM - South Korea has recorded its largest increase in coronavirus infections in a single day, with 594 new cases confirmed on Friday, BBC reports.

This brings the number of infections in South Korea to 2,931. Seventeen people have died in the country so far.

South Korea has the highest number of confirmed cases outside China, where the outbreak started.

The army has been mobilised in the worst-hit region. Soldiers are disinfecting large parts of the city.

Separately, there has been concern over a number of new cases of unknown origin in the US states of California and Oregon.