South Korea reported one-thousand-20 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, climbing above the one-thousand mark after two days of hovering below it.   

The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency(KDCA) said Monday that the new infections raised the country's accumulated caseload to 64-thousand-264. 

The daily figure jumped 363 from the previous day, although the government assessed that the nation appeared to be slowly passing the peak of the outbreak’s third wave. 

Of the new cases detected throughout Sunday, 985 were local transmissions, while 35 were imported.

By region, Seoul added 324 new infections, while the surrounding Gyeonggi Province recorded 260 and Incheon added 101. In other parts of the nation, Busan recorded 34 new cases, Daegu 29 and Gwangju 74.

The number of critically ill COVID-19 patients has dropped by four to 351 while 19 new deaths were reported Sunday with the death toll standing at 981.