South Korea reported just over ten-thousand new COVID-19 cases as the outbreak remains steady. 

The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said Saturday that ten-thousand-523 infections were reported throughout Friday including 12 from overseas.

The figure is slightly up by 75 from a week ago and has increased by more than 12-hundred from two weeks prior.

The number of critically ill patients in hospital rose by three from the previous day to 142.

Friday added five deaths raising the death toll to 34-thousand-270. The overall fatality rate stands at zero-point-11 percent.