In a statement released on Tuesday, the KDCA said the country’s total death toll due to Covid-19 is now at 859.
South Korea reported 1,046 new cases of Covid-19 for Monday, 1,030 of which were locally transmitted. Of those, 802 infections were from the Seoul metropolitan area.
The East Asian country has recorded a total of 58,725 Covid-19 cases, the statement said.