South Korean health authorities announced yesterday that a total of 91 confirmed Middle East respiratory syndrome patients have been discharged from hospitals. This means that half of all patients have recovered from the virus so far.

Korea marked the lowest daily increase of confirmed MERS cases Sunday since June 20. No additional cases were reported, keeping the total number of MERS cases at 182. Authorities, however, confirmed one MERS-related death, raising the death toll to 32 and the fatality rate of the disease to 17.6 percent.

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