Daily cases of COVID-19 surged to a three-month high on Wednesday, as the government is seeking to lower the nation's virus crisis level.

The Central Disease Control Headquarters said as of 12:00 a.m. Wednesday, 23-thousand-521 additional people tested positive over the previous 24 hour period, including 43 from overseas, bringing the cumulative total to 31-point-33 million.

The latest daily tally is one-thousand-840 cases higher than Tuesday and three-thousand-328 more compared to a week earlier. It is the highest daily tally since 23-thousand-591 cases were recorded on January 28.

The virus transmission has been surging this spring season with an increase in travel and the lifting of the mask mandate.

The number of hospitalized patients for intensive care stood at 151, up nine from the previous day. Twenty-three people succumbed to the virus, raising the cumulative death toll to 34-thousand-571.

On Thursday, the government is expected to review revising down the crisis alert and the infectious disease classification for COVID-19, which would be followed by a lifting of mandatory quarantine for patients.