The nation added nearly 18-thousand new COVID-19 cases on Thursday.

The Central Disease Control Headquarters said Friday that 17-thousand-933 infections were reported throughout Thursday, including 28 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to over 31 million-629-thousand.

The figure dropped by some eleven-hundred from a day ago. It also fell by about 16-hundred from a week ago and by over two-thousand from two weeks ago.

The daily average for the past week was tallied at 17-thousand-582.

The number of hospitalized patients in intensive care rose by seven from a day ago to 180.

The death toll climbed by 15 to stand at 34-thousand-751, with the overall fatality rate remaining at zero-point-11 percent.