Osong Public Health Res Perspect.  2020 Apr;11(2):85-90. 10.24171/j.phrp.2020.11.2.05.

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

• COVID-19 National Emergency Response Center
• Epidemiology and Case Management Team
• Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• KMID: 2500311
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.24171/j.phrp.2020.11.2.05

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.

Keyword

COVID-19; epidemiology; SARS-CoV-2