South Korea on Wednesday saw 11 new COVID-19 patients, reporting a daily increase of around 10 for the fifth day in a row, health authorities said.

With the modest rise, Korea’s total number of virus patients came to 10,694 people as of Wednesday at 12:01 a.m., according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The virus claimed the life of one more person, putting the number of deaths here at 238.

Three new cases were from Daegu and North Gyeongsang Province combined, the local epicenters of the outbreak, while two were in Seoul and Busan each followed by Daejeon and South Gyeongsang Province with one each, the KCDC said.

Imported cases accounted for six of the new infections, of which two were confirmed during airport screenings.

By sex, female patients stood at 6,380, or nearly 60 percent, with 4,314 male patients, the KCDC said.

By Kim Bo-gyung (lisakim425@heraldcorp.com)