SEOUL, July 25, 2021, SPA -- Republic of Korea's daily new coronavirus cases fell below 1,500 Sunday, Yonhap reported. The country added 1,487 COVID-19 cases, including 1,422 local infections, raising the total caseload to 188,848, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA). Daily infections fell from 1,629 on Saturday, 1,630 on Friday and a record high of 1,842 on Thursday, when 270 infected members of the 301-strong Cheonghae Unit on an anti-piracy mission off Africa were counted. The country added five more COVID-19 deaths, raising the death toll to 2,073. The fatality rate was at 1.10 percent. --SPA 16:23 LOCAL TIME 13:23 GMT 0026 www.spa.gov.sa/w1590621