The nation added about 20-thousand new COVID-19 cases on Thursday.

The Central Disease Control Headquarters said on Friday that 19-thousand-586 infections were reported throughout Thursday, including 50 from overseas, bringing the total cumulative caseload to just over 31 million-506-thousand.

The figure dropped by over two-thousand from a day ago and by some 400 from a week ago, but rose by 844 from two weeks ago.

The number of hospitalized patients in intensive care rose by eight from a day ago to 144.

The death toll increased by 13 to 34-thousand-665, with the overall fatality rate remaining at zero-point-11 percent.