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.
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Jeong, E. K., Park, O., Park, Y. J., Park, S. Y., Kim, Y. M., Kim, J., … Choe, Y. J. (2020). Coronavirus disease-19: The first 7,755 cases in the Republic of Korea. Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives, 11(2), 85–90. https://doi.org/10.24171/j.phrp.2020.11.2.05
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