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9:13AM Face masks compulsory in Seoul as South Korea battles surge in cases  South Korea's capital has ordered the wearing of masks in both indoor and outdoor public places for the first time, as it battles a surge in coronavirus cases centred in the densely populated metropolitan area. "If we fail to flatten the curve…

State public health leaders have sharpened their messages of personal responsibility recently in the COVID-19 pandemic, concerned that Minnesotans are starting to go numb to the risk.Two announcements Friday hammered that point home.Health officials said they’d confirmed 15 cases of COVID-19 among Minnesotans who traveled to South Dakota for the massive Sturgis motorcycle rally, and…

The rate of positive COVID-19 tests in Minnesota inched back above 5 percent on Sunday, as the state reported eight more deaths from the disease.The percentage of positive tests — 5.3 percent in Sunday's report from the state Department of Health — is one of the key metrics officials are monitoring as they track the…

Police Minister Bheki Cele. There were 21 325 murders in the previous financial year, an increase of 1.4%.Violent crime increased by 0.7% or 4 072 cases. There were 49 murders on farms and smallholdings. There were 21 325 murders between 1 April 2019 and 31 March 2020, the police announced to the Portfolio Committee on Police on…

Update on the latest coronavirus positivity rate, cases, deaths in South Carolina South Carolina positivity rate stands at 14.6% The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control announced Monday 1,226 new confirmed cases and three new probable cases of the coronavirus and 17 additional confirmed deaths.This brings the total number of confirmed cases to…