Beaches and churches are closed and baseball games will be played in empty stadiums on Sunday after South Korea added hundreds to its growing coronavirus caseload amid concerns the epidemic is getting out of control.

The 397 new cases marked the 10th day of triple-digit increases and indicated that the speed of viral spread was nearing the levels last seen during the worst of the outbreak in spring. KCDC Director Jeong Eun-kyeong said, “We don’t see the current state as the peak ... we believe that infections could further increase. Patients are increasing not only in Seoul, but also across the 17 (major) cities and provinces.”