The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) recorded a surge of 186,090 fever cases and one additional fatality over a 24-hour period until 6 p.m. Saturday, raising the death toll to 67, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Sunday.

Employees of the Medicament Management Office of the Daesong District in Pyongyang provide medicine to residents as the state increases measures to stop the spread of illness in Pyongyang, North Korea, Monday, May 16, 2022. (Photo: AP)