The nation added more than 26-thousand new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday.

The Central Disease Control Headquarters said on Wednesday that 26-thousand-147 infections were reported throughout Tuesday, including 39 from overseas, bringing the total cumulative caseload to over 31 million-465-thousand.

The figure rose by some 25-hundred from a day ago. It also rose by about 26-hundred from a week ago and by some six-thousand from two weeks ago. The tally marks the largest since January 27, when it posted 31-thousand-695.

The number of hospitalized patients in intensive care dropped by three from a day ago to 147.

The death toll rose by eleven to 34-thousand-634, with the overall fatality rate remaining at zero-point-11 percent.