SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- South Korea reported 36,938 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight Sunday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 24,041,825, the health authorities said Monday.
The daily caseload was up from 28,214 the prior day, but was lower than 37,530 tallied a week ago, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency.
For the past week, the daily average number of confirmed cases was 62,183.
Among the new cases, 202 were imported, lifting the total to 62,030.
The number of infected people who were in a serious condition stood at 553, up 21 from the previous day.
Twenty-two more deaths were confirmed, leaving the death toll at 27,498. The total fatality rate was 0.11 percent. ■
