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After an outbreak linked to one of the country's biggest online retailers, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) reported 40 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight Tuesday - more than double from the 19 new infections reported a day earlier. South Korea has so far been successful in curbing the spread of coronavirus through a robust strategy to track, trace and contain, with 11,265 cases and 269 deaths. But the KCDC said 36 new cases are now being linked to an outbreak at the logistics centre operated by e-commerce firm Coupang Corp in Bucheon to the west of Seoul.