Health authorities reported three-thousand-120 COVID-19 cases on Sunday, with the daily tally staying above the three-thousand mark for the fifth straight day.

The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said Sunday that the new infections detected throughout Saturday raised the country's cumulative caseload to 415-thousand-425.

The daily tally dropped by 86 from the previous day, but remained above three-thousand and marked a rise of more than 700 from a week ago.

Of the new cases, three-thousand-98 were local transmissions and 22 were from overseas. The capital region accounted for 80-point-nine percent of local infections, reporting two-thousand-506 cases. Non-capital areas added 592 infections.

The number of severe cases also rose by nine to 517.

The death toll rose to three-thousand-274 with 30 additional deaths. The fatality rate stands at zero-point-79 percent.