The number of COVID-19 cases confirmed in South Korea has risen to seven-thousand-478. 

The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(KCDC) said on Monday that 96 new cases were compiled between 12 a.m. and 4 p.m. Earlier in the day, 248 cases from the previous day were reported. 

Daegu and North Gyeongsang Province accounted for 90-point-five percent of the national tally at five-thousand-571 cases. 

Gyeonggi Province has 152 cases so far, followed by Seoul at 130 and South Chungcheong Province at 102. 

The death toll stood at 53, including two recent deaths involving a 75-year-old man and a 69-year-old woman. Both died in Daegu in the day. 

A total of 166 patients nationwide have been released from quarantine after making full recoveries.