The nation reported more than 66-thousand new COVID-19 cases amid a winter resurgence of the pandemic.

According to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency on Wednesday, 66-thousand-587 infections were reported the previous day, including 67 imported from overseas, bringing the total caseload to about 26 million-357-thousand.

The daily tally dropped by some six-thousand from a day ago to fall below 70-thousand, but rose by about four-thousand from a week ago and over ten-thousand from two weeks ago.

The figure marks the highest for a Wednesday in nine weeks.

The number of critically ill hospitalized patients is down by one from a day ago to 411, remaining above 400 for the third straight day.

Forty-seven more people died of the virus, raising the death toll to 29-thousand-795. The fatality rate stands at zero-point-11 percent.