North Korea claimed its fever-related daily cases suspected to be COVID-19 fell below 40-thousand.

The North’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Monday that 36-thousand-710 new fever patients were confirmed in the 24-hour period leading up to 6 p.m. Sunday nationwide.

Quoting the nation's state emergency epidemic prevention headquarters, the KCNA said over 42-thousand patients recovered during the same period.

According to the North's official tallies, daily new fever cases peaked on May 15 at nearly 393-thousand, but the number has continued to drop since it fell below 100-thousand on May 27.

The North did not release new deaths, the death toll, and the fatality rate.

However, the KCNA said on Sunday that the death toll came to 72 with a fatality rate of zero-point-002 percent.

The cumulative cases in the North compiled since late April grew to around four-point-46 million with North Korean authorities claiming that all but some 65-thousand have fully recovered.