Coronavirus Outbreak Claims the Lives of More than 2,500 People across the Globe

Latest reports show that the number of coronavirus related deaths are still on the rise in China and South Korea. 

According to ABC News, “Chinese officials reported 409 new cases of the virus Sunday, pushing its national total past 77,000.” This report brings the current total number of deaths in China to over 2,500, causing the alert level in South Korea to be raised to the highest for the first time in 11 years, since the outbreak of influenza A (H1N1). 

The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) reports that in the last 24 an additional 169 cases with four deaths have been confirmed in South Korea. This brings South Korea’s death total to six, with 602 confirmed diagnoses. Eighteen others are reported to have received full treatment for the virus while an additional 8,057 are undergoing testing for suspected symptoms.

Interestingly enough, a religious sect called the Shincheonji Church of Jesus is considered to be the center of the South Korean outbreak. As the New York Times reports, “The outbreak has struck hardest at Shincheonji’s church in Daegu, a city of about 2.5 million in the country’s southeast, where a 61-year-old woman known as Patient No. 31 is believed to be a link between many of the cases. The restrictions on public gatherings have been implemented more forcefully in Daegu than elsewhere in the country.”

However, there have…