Two South Korean air force officers and two civilian workers for the military tested positive for the new coronavirus Thursday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the military to 25, the defense ministry said. Three of the four new patients are stationed in South Korea's southeastern city of Daegu, where more than 1,000 infected people are confirmed, Yonhap reports. Including patients in its surrounding North Gyeongsang Province, more than 80 percent of the total cases have occurred there, according to the Korea Center for Disease Control (KCDC). Of the total cases in the military, 15 are in the army, eight in the air force and one each in the navy and the marine corps, according to the ministry. Three of the 25 patients are civilian workers, and the remainder are active-duty soldiers, it added.

Source: The Standard February 27, 2020 10:41 UTC