South Korea reported 840 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, remaining below one-thousand for the second straight day.   

The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency(KDCA) said Wednesday that the new infections raised the country's accumulated caseload to 65-thousand-818.  

The daily figure increased by 125 from the previous day, but the pace of growth in the third wave of the epidemic appears to have slowed in the new year. 

Of the new cases detected throughout Tuesday, 809 were local transmissions, while 31 were imported.

By region, Seoul added 263 new infections, while the surrounding Gyeonggi Province recorded 269 and Incheon added 35. In other parts of the nation, Busan recorded 38 new cases, Gwangju 30 and Daegu 21. 

Twenty virus-related deaths were reported in the past 24 hours, raising the  country's death toll to one-thousand-27. The fatality rate stands at one-point-56 percent. 

The number of critically ill COVID-19 patients also jumped by 25 to 411.