The number of infections here totaled 10,062, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC). The KCDC has updated the data once a day.

Five more deaths were confirmed, lifting the death toll to 174. The total fatality rate came in at 1.73 percent.

A total of 193 more patients were discharged from quarantine after making full recovery, pulling up the combined number to 6,021.