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  • Date2020-09-08 13:05
  • Update2020-09-08 13:07
  • Division Division of Risk assessment and International cooperation
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Updates on COVID-19 in Republic of Korea


8  September  2020



□  As of 0:00, 8 September 2020, the total number of confirmed cases is 21,432 (including 2,921 imported cases), of which 16,636 cases have been discharged from isolation. There are 120 new local cases, 16 new imported cases, and 5 new death.


 

[ Local transmission cases, as of 0:00, 8 September (cumulative since 3 January 2020) ]

 

Total

City

Seoul

Busan

Daegu

Incheon

Gwangju

Daejeon

Ulsan

Sejong

New

120

67

1

0

2

12

4

3

1

Cumulative

18,511**

4,035**

295

7,011

707

394

277

87

59

 

Province

Gyeonggi

Gangwon

Chung-
buk

Chung-

nam

Jeon-

buk

Jeon-

nam

Gyeong-

buk

Gyeong-nam

Jeju

New

29

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

Cumulative

3,165

185

114**

337

63

129

1,428

193

32

** Reclassified 2 local cases (Chung-buk 1, Seoul 1) to imported cases (2) after epidemiological investigation



[ Imported cases, as of 0:00, 8 September (cumulative since 3 January 2020) ]

 

Total

Region/Country

Where confirmed

Nationality

China

Asia ex-China

Europe

America

Africa

Oceania

Point of Entry

Community

Korean

Other

New

16

0

11

4

0

1

0

4

12

8

8

Total

2,921***

23

1,355***

563

895***

80

5

1,384

1,537***

1,847***

1,074

(0.8%)

(46.4%)

(19.3%)

(30.6%)

(2.7%)

(0.2%)

(47.4%)

(52.6%)

(63.2%)

(36.8%)

Asia excluding China: India 4, Indonesia 3, Uzbekistan 1, Kyrgyzstan 1, Russia 1, Qatar 1 / Europe: Turkey 4 / Africa : Senegal 1

** Reclassified 2 local cases to imported cases (Thailand 1, Brazil 1) after epidemiological investigation


 

[ Case management status, as of 0:00, 8 September (cumulative since 3 January 2020) ]

 

Discharged from isolation

Under isolation

Severe/critical cases**

Deceased

As of 0:00

7 September (Mon)

16,297

4,663

162

336

As of 0:00

8 September (Tue)

16,636

4,455

151

341

Difference

(+)339

(-)208

(-)11

(+)5

 

* Based on case data reported to the KCDC

** Critical: patients treated with mechanical ventilator, ECMO(Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation), CRRT(Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy) / severe: patients treated with oxygen mask and high flow of oxygen therapy

Figures subject to correction based on findings from epidemiological investigations

 


[ Overall case and test status, as of 0:00, 8 September (cumulative since 3 January 2020) ]

 

Period

(since 3 Jan)

Total

Tested positive (PCR)

Testing in progress

Tested negative (PCR)

Confirmed

Discharged from isolation

Under isolation

Deceased

As of 0:00

7 September (Mon)

2,051,297

21,296

16,297

4,663

336

47,109

1,982,892

As of 0:00

8 September (Tue)

2,066,078

21,432

16,636

4,455

341

43,370

2,001,276

Difference

+14,781

+136

+339

-208

+5

-3,739

+18,384

 

* Based on case data reported to the KCDC

Figures subject to correction based on findings from epidemiological investigations

 


[ Regional distribution of cases, as of 0:00, 8 September (cumulative since 3 January 2020) ]

Region

New cases

Total cases

(%)

Incidence rate*

(per 100,000)

Local

Imported

Seoul

67

0

4,429

(20.67)

45.50

Busan

1

0

341

(1.59)

9.99

Daegu

0

2

7,086

(33.06)

290.83

Incheon

2

0

799

(3.73)

27.03

Gwangju

12

1

442

(2.06)

30.34

Daejeon

4

0

302

(1.41)

20.49

Ulsan

3

0

119

(0.56)

10.37

Sejong

1

0

68

(0.32)

19.86

Gyeonggi

29

2

3,687

(17.20)

27.83

Gangwon

0

0

210

(0.98)

13.63

Chungbuk

1

0

142

(0.66)

8.88

Chungnam

0

0

383

(1.79)

18.05

Jeonbuk

0

3

94

(0.44)

5.17

Jeonnam

0

1

160

(0.75)

8.58

Gyeongbuk

0

3

1,478

(6.90)

55.51

Gyeongnam

0

0

260

(1.21)

7.74

Jeju

0

0

48

(0.22)

7.16

Border

Screening

0

4

1,384

(6.46)

-

Total

120

16

21,432

(100)

41.34

 

 

* Total (cumulative) number of cases reported since January 2020 of region / Population of region (based on resident registration data of the Ministry of the Interior as of January 2020)

* Incidence rate based on the number of confirmed cases with the address of the reporting institution

 

 

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