S. Korea: Neighbourhoods quiet in virus epicentre Daegu The streets of Daegu are near empty as South Korea reports 256 new coronavirus cases, taking its total -- the highest in the world outside China -- to 2,022. More than 90 percent of the new cases are in Daegu -- the city at the epicentre of the country's outbreak -- and neighbouring North Gyeongsang province, with the death toll remaining at 13. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES