South Korea reported more than ten-thousand new COVID-19 cases for a third day amid growing concerns about a resurgence.

The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said Thursday that 18-thousand-511 infections were reported throughout the previous day, including 194 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to over 18 million-451-thousand.

The daily tally dropped by 860 from a day ago, but nearly doubled from a week ago and increased about two-point-five times from two weeks, showing a clear weekly uptick.

The number of imported cases decreased by 30 from a day ago, but remained above 100 for the 14th consecutive day.

The number of critically or seriously ill patients receiving care at medical facilities dropped by five from a day ago to 56, remaining below 100 since June 12.

Ten additional deaths were reported in the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 24-thousand-593. The overall fatality rate remains at zero-point-13 percent.

Nearly 15-hundred hospital beds are set aside for COVID-19 patients across the nation and just seven-point-nine percent of ICU beds are currently in use.