South Korea reported 926 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, falling below one-thousand for the first time in six days.

The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency(KDCA) said Monday that the new infections raised the country's accumulated caseload to 50-thousand-591.

The daily figure fell below the one-thousand mark for the first time since last Tuesday, but the drop is mainly attributed to a decrease in the number of people getting tested on weekends.  

Of the latest cases detected throughout Sunday, 892 were local transmissions, while 34 were imported.

Nearly 650 cases came from the capital region, including 327 in Seoul, 237 in Gyeonggi Province and 85 in Incheon.

The number of critically ill COVID-19 patients has dropped by four to 274, while a record high of 24 deaths were reported, bringing the death toll to 698. The fatality rate stands at one-point-38 percent.