Daily COVID-19 cases stayed below 20-thousand for a second day on Sunday as the outbreak continues to subside.

According to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, 17-thousand-654 infections were reported throughout Saturday, including 61 from overseas.

The country's cumulative caseload came to around 24 million-970-thousand.

The daily tally dropped by some 17-hundred from a day ago and marks the lowest in 14 weeks for Sunday tallies. The figure decreased by nearly six-thousand from a week ago and about eight-thousand from two weeks ago.

The number of seriously or critically ill patients rose by 18 from the previous day to 305.

Saturday reported 29 deaths, raising the death toll to 28-thousand-675. The fatality rate remains at zero-point-11 percent.