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. 2020 Apr;11(2):85-90.
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, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Coronavirus Disease-19: The First 7,755 Cases in the Republic of Korea

COVID-19 National Emergency Response Center, Epidemiology and Case Management Team, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Osong Public Health Res Perspect. 2020 Apr.

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Abstract

We report the first 7,755 patients with confirmed COVID-19 in Korea as of March 12th, 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.

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; epidemiology.

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Conflicts of Interest The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Figures

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Figure 1
Epidemic curve of laboratory-confirmed coronavirus disease-19 by date of symptom onset and by date of diagnosis, as of March 7, 2020, Republic of Korea. Provisional data for date of symptom onset.
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Figure 2
Epidemic curve of laboratory-confirmed coronavirus disease-19 cases by date of symptom onset, as of March 7, 2020, Republic of Korea. Provisional data for date of symptom onset.
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Figure 3
Age distribution and sex ratio of the first 7,755 cases of laboratory-confirmed coronavirus disease-19, as of March 12 2020, Republic of Korea.
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Figure 4
Age-specific epidemic curve of laboratory-confirmed coronavirus disease-19 cases by date of symptom onset, as of March 7, 2020, Republic of Korea. Provisional data for date of symptom onset.
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