SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- South Korea reported 14,168 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight Sunday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 24,634,296, the health authorities said Monday.
The daily caseload was down from 25,792 in the previous day and lower than 19,389 tallied a week earlier, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency.
For the past week, the daily average number of confirmed cases was 31,513.
Among the new cases, 220 were imported from overseas, lifting the total to 66,050.
The number of infected people who were in a serious condition stood at 427, up 11 from the previous day.
Thirty-three more deaths were confirmed, leaving the death toll at 28,246. The total fatality rate was 0.11 percent. ■
