Coronavirus disease-19: The first 7,755 cases in the Republic of Korea

COVID-19 National Emergency Response Center, Epidemiology and Case Management Team

doi:10.24171/j.phrp.2020.11.2.05

Coronavirus disease-19: The first 7,755 cases in the Republic of Korea

COVID-19 National Emergency Response Center, Epidemiology and Case Management Team

Department of Medicine

Korea National Institute of Health
KCDC
Government of British Columbia
Hallym University

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Abstract

We report the first 7,755 patients with confirmed COVID-19 in Korea as of March 12^th, 2020. A total of 66 deaths have been recorded, giving a case fatality proportion of 0.9%. Older people, and those with comorbidities were at a higher risk of a fatal outcome. The highest number of cases of COVID-19 were in Daegu, followed by Gyeongbuk. This summary may help to understand the disease dynamics in the early phase of the COVID-19 outbreaks, and may therefore, guide future public health measures.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	85-90
Number of pages	6
Journal	Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives
Volume	11
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.24171/j.phrp.2020.11.2.05
State	Published - 2020.04

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COVID-19
Epidemiology
SARS-CoV-2

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Coronavirus disease-19: The first 7,755 cases in the Republic of Korea

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