No. of new flu patients in S. Korea reaches 827

SEOUL, July 19 (Yonhap) -- The number of those in South Korea infected with the rapidly spreading H1N1 influenza has reached 827, the health ministry said Sunday.

Over Saturday through Sunday, 39 new patients, including 11 people from an elementary school in Gyeonggi Province, south of the country's capital Seoul, and six from a Busan elementary school, tested positive for the new flu virus after showing flu-like symptoms, the Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs said.