The number of people infected by coronavirus has now risen to 556 in South Korea. There was a reported jump of 123 new cases in last 24 hrsaccording to the country's Centers fro Disease controls and prevention on Sunday morning. It also reported two more deaths, bringing the total number of fatalities to four.

More of half of the cases have been linked to outbreaks at a branch of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus in country’s fourth-largest city Daegu. More than 1,000 people who attended the church have reported flu-like symptoms.

Of the 123 new cases, 63 are from the church in Daegu, according to the health authority.

Officials are also investigating a possible link between churchgoers and the spike in infections at the Cheongdo hospital, where more than 110 people have been infected so far, mostly patients at a mental illness ward.

The virus has infected every region and is predicted to spread throughput South Korea now.