Local residents wait to pay at the counter in a shop in Seoul, South Korea, Feb. 24, 2020. South Korea confirmed 231 more cases of the COVID-19 on Monday, raising the total number of infections to 833, and the death toll rose to eight. The country raised its four-tier virus alert to the highest "red" level on Sunday as the virus infections soared for the past week. (Xinhua/Wang Jingqiang)

South Korea reported 256 more coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of the infections to 2,022, Yonhap News Agency reported on Friday. 

Most of the country's new infections stemmed from the city of Daegu, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.