SEOUL, June 8 (Xinhua) -- South Korea on Monday identified 23 new contagions with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), increasing the total number to 87 while deaths from the viral disease rose to six as one more death was reported. Twenty-three infections found Monday alone were the largest daily increase since the first case was identified on May 20, according to the Ministry of Health and Welfare. The total number surged to 87, making the country the world's most MERS-contagious except Saudi Arabia, where more than 1,000 cases were identified. The 80-year-old infectee passed away early in the morning after being hospitalized at Daecheong Hospital in the country's central city of...
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