Covid-19 figures remain steady in South Korea as holiday period ends

Visitors dressed in South Korean traditional “Hanbok” attire, wearing face masks as a precaution against the coronavirus, stand at the Gyeongbok Palace, one of South Korea’s well-known landmarks, in Seoul, South Korea (Lee Jin-man/AP)

South Korea has reported 73 new cases of the coronavirus, its fifth straight day of below 100, although officials expressed concern that could rise because of increased travel during a five-day holiday period that ended on Sunday.

The figures released by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency on Monday brought the national caseload to 24,164, including 422 deaths.