S. Korea reports 288 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday; 276 local infections

신규확진 288명•지역감염 276명…일주일간 1500명 넘어-15개시도 발생South Korea reported two-hundred-88 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday.This is the seventh straight day the country has reported increases in the triple digits.During that period, in total, there have been more than 15-hundred.Eum Ji-young has more.South Korea continues to see a surge in COVID-19 infections,... reporting 288 new cases on Thursday.Of those, 276 were local transmissions.Seoul on Thursday saw 135 cases,... the most of any region.Next highest was Gyeonggi-do Province with 81, while there were twelve cases from overseas."In the last two weeks, local cluster infections have accounted for around 68 percent of the newly confirmed cases. It's very important that we continue actively with testing."New infections in South Korea have been in the triple digits since last Friday, and the total new cases in that time has surpassed one-thousand five-hundred.There have been new cases in all but two of South Korea's administrative regions.In Seoul, the authorities are testing everyone at a physical education center in Seongbuk-gu District in northern Seoul.Of the sixty students tested so far, 19 have tested positive,... even though none of them showed symptoms.They are students at 11 high schools across northern Seoul.Four of those schools that have either started classes already, or will start on Friday, have switched to remote learning.Eum Ji-young Arirang news.