South Korea reported another large jump in new virus cases Monday a day after the the president called for “unprecedented, powerful” steps to combat the outbreak that is increasingly confounding attempts to stop the spread.
The 161 new cases bring South Korea's total to 763 cases, and two more deaths raise its toll to seven.
China also Monday reported 409 new cases, raising the mainland's total to 77,150 after a zigzag pattern of increases in recent days.