No additional cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) were reported in South Korea on Monday, with the total number of people diagnosed with the disease standing at 186.

The death toll from MERS also remained unchanged at 33 as no additional
deaths have been reported over the past six days, according to the Ministry of Health and Welfare.

Still, 36 of those diagnosed with the disease remain hospitalized as of
Monday while 12 of them are in unstable condition.

The remaining 117 of the 186 diagnosed with the disease have been discharged from hospitals following complete recoveries.

In addition to those diagnosed, 907 others are still in isolation as suspected
cases, though the number dropped from 982 on the previous day.

Since the country reported its first case on May 20, 16,326 people have been subject to isolation for possible infection after coming in close contact with MERS patients.

As of Monday, 15,419 of them have been released after showing no symptoms of the disease for more than the known maximum incubation period of 14 days.

MERS is a viral respiratory disease first reported in Saudi Arabia in 2012.

The disease had carried a very high fatality rate of over 40 percent until
the outbreak here as there currently is no vaccine or treatment for the disease.

In South Korea, the fatality rate of the disease remains at 17.7 percent. (Yonhap)