South Korea reported 673 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, staying in the 600s for the second straight day. 

The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency(KDCA) said that the new infections raised the country's accumulated caseload to 112-thousand-789. 

The daily figure slightly dropped from the previous day, but remained in the 600s with no signs of a slowdown in infections. 

Of the new cases detected throughout Thursday, 652 were local transmissions and 21 were imported.

About two-thirds of the domestic cases come from the greater metro area, with 215 in Seoul, 216 in Gyeonggi Province and eleven in Incheon. All other regions in the nation added a total of 210 cases. 

The death toll rose to one-thousand-790 after two more people died, with the fatality rate standing at one-point-59 percent. The number of critically ill patients rose by 12 to 111.