Coronavirus: Week of Jan. 31 to Feb. 6, South Korea eases curfew on businesses outside Seoul

Nikkei Asia is tracking the spread of the new coronavirus that originated in the central Chinese city of Wuhan.

Global cases have reached 104,832,983, according to Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.

The worldwide death toll has hit 2,281,608.

For more information about the spread of COVID-19 and the progress of vaccination around the world, please see our interactive charts and maps.

— Global coronavirus tracker charts

— Status of vaccinations around the world

— World map of spreading mutated strains

— Coronavirus mutations can be classified into 12 types

— Distribution, duration, safety: challenges emerge in vaccine race

—-

UPDATES CLOSED

Saturday, Feb. 6 (Tokyo time)

10:53 a.m. South Korea eases curfews on businesses outside the capital Seoul, amid a public backlash over tight curbs to contain COVID-19. Businesses outside the capital will now be able to stay open until 10 p.m.,…