About 180 people were newly diagnosed with the novel coronavirus in South Korea on Sunday, lifting the total number of cases in the nation to over seven-thousand-300.  

The central quarantine headquarters under the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(KCDC) reported 179 new cases of COVID-19 compiled between 12 a.m. and 4 p.m. Sunday.  

Tallies for the entire day will be released at 10 a.m. Monday. 

As of 12 a.m. Sunday,  the number of new infections in the hardest-hit Daegu and North Gyeongsang Province stood at six-thousand-462, or 90 percent of the nationwide total.

So far, 50 people have died of the respiratory disease, while 130 people have been released from quarantine following a full recovery.