SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- South Korea reported 55,437 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight Wednesday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 26,412,901, the health authorities said Thursday.
The daily caseload was down from 66,587 in the previous day, but it was slightly higher than 55,357 tallied a week earlier, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA).
For the past week, the daily average number of new cases was 53,712.
Among the newly reported infections, 39 were imported cases, lifting the total to 70,640.
The number of infected people who were in critical condition stood at 380, down 31 from the previous day.
Sixty-seven more deaths were confirmed from the pandemic, taking the death toll to 29,862. ■
