Outside of China, South Korea remains one of the countries most affected by the new coronavirus (COVID-19). The virus was first registered last December in China and has since spread to more than 80 countries worldwide.

Axar.az reports citing foreign media that the number of people infected with the novel coronavirus in South Korea has risen to 6,767, the Korean Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said on Saturday. At least 44 people have died, it added.

The authorities earlier reported 42 deaths.

"The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Director Eun-Kyung Jeong) announced that, as of 7 March, 0:00, the total number of patients [confirmed with coronavirus] was 6,767, of which 118 were quarantined", the statement said.