South Korea has added 78 additional coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of infections in the nation to nine-thousand-661. 

The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(KCDC) on Monday reported the new cases compiled in the 24-hour period through 12 a.m. 

Thirty-one of the latest cases were from Seoul and Gyeonggi Province, including new clusters of coronavirus, while Daegu and its surrounding North Gyeongsang Province reported 14 and 11 cases, respectively. 

A total of 13 cases were confirmed during quarantine procedures for those arriving from overseas. 

The virus-related death toll rose by six in the 24-hour span to 158, while five-thousand-228 people have made full recoveries so far.