Daily new COVID-19 cases remained below four-thousand for the fourth straight day on Monday, with the number of critical cases falling to the 700s for the first time in about a month.

The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said Monday that three-thousand-seven new cases were reported throughout Sunday, raising the total caseload to 667-thousand-390.

The daily tally is over 100 fewer cases than the previous week and about 12-hundred less than two weeks ago, clearly indicating a downward trend.

The number of critically ill patients is down by 35 to 786, falling to the 700s for the first time since December 7. As of 5 p.m. Sunday, the ICU occupancy rate stood at 47-point-six percent nationwide, slightly down from the previous day.

Thirty-four more people died of the virus, raising the death toll to six-thousand-71. The fatality rate stands at zero-point-91 percent.

Of the new cases, two-thousand-768 people were local transmissions, while 239 were from overseas. The number of imported cases marks the second largest amid the global spread of the omicron variant.