SEOUL, April 17 (Xinhua) -- South Korea reported 658 more cases of COVID-19 as of midnight Friday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 113,444.
The daily caseload was down from 673 in the previous day, but it stayed above 600 for four straight days.
The daily number of infections hovered in triple figures since Nov. 8 last year due to small cluster infections in Seoul and its surrounding Gyeonggi province as well as imported cases.
Of the new cases, 213 were Seoul residents and 204 were people residing in Gyeonggi province.
Twenty-eight cases were imported from overseas, lifting the combined figure to 7,959.
Four more deaths were confirmed, leaving the death toll at 1,794. The total fatality rate stood at 1.58 percent.
A total of 532 more patients were discharged from quarantine after making full recovery, pulling up the combined number to 103,594. The total recovery rate was 91.32 percent.
The country tested more than 8.37 million people, among whom 8,193,296 tested negative for the virus and 71,039 are being checked.
Since the mass vaccination was launched on Feb. 26, the country has administered COVID-19 vaccines to a total of 1,482,969 with 60,577 fully vaccinated. Enditem
