South Korea's daily new coronavirus cases rose above 1,000 again on Friday as health authorities were expected to extend the current social distancing rules amid no signs of the winter wave of the virus abating, APP reports.

The country reported 1,029 more Covid-19 cases, including 1,004 local infections, raising the total caseload to 61,769, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency.

The tally marked a rise from 967 cases on Thursday, 1,050 cases on Wednesday, 1,045 cases on Tuesday and 807 cases on Monday. Over the past seven days, the nation's daily virus cases have hovered around 1,000.

Seventeen people died from Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 917.