SEOUL, May 7 (Xinhua) -- South Korea reported 525 more cases of COVID-19 as of midnight Thursday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 126,044.
The daily caseload was down from 574 in the previous day, but stayed above 500 for two days.
The daily number of infections hovered in triple figures since Nov. 8 last year due to cluster infections in Seoul and its surrounding Gyeonggi province as well as imported cases.
Of the new cases, 177 were Seoul residents and 136 were people residing in Gyeonggi province.
Sixteen cases were imported from overseas, lifting the combined figure to 8,480.
Nine more deaths were confirmed, leaving the death toll at 1,860. The total fatality rate stood at 1.48 percent.
A total of 531 more patients were discharged from quarantine after making full recovery, pulling up the combined number to 116,022. The total recovery rate was 92.05 percent.
The country has tested more than 9.05 million people, among whom 8,846,414 tested negative for the virus and 78,896 are being checked.
Since the mass vaccination was launched on Feb. 26, the country has administered COVID-19 vaccines to a total of 3,608,616 people with 397,190 fully vaccinated. Enditem
