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- Date2020-03-18 13:56
- Update2020-03-18 14:50
- Division Division of Risk assessment and International cooperation
- Tel043-719-7556
The Updates of COVID-19 in Republic of Korea
18 March, 2020
○ As of 0:00, 18 March 2020, the total number of confirmed cases is 8,413 with 1,540 cases discharged from isolation. Newly confirmed cases are 93 in total.
|
Period (since 3 Jan) |
Total |
Tested positive |
Being tested |
Tested negative |
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|
Confirmed |
Discharged |
Isolated |
Deceased |
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|
As of 0:00 17 March (Tues) |
286,716 |
8,320 |
1,401 |
6,838 |
81 |
17,291 |
261,105 |
|
As of 0:00 18 March (Wed) |
295,647 |
8,413 |
1,540 |
6,789 |
84 |
16,346 |
270,888 |
|
Differences |
+8,931 |
+93 |
+139 |
-49 |
+3 |
-945 |
+9,783 |
○ Regional distribution of total confirmed cases:
|
|
|
City |
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|
|
Total |
Seoul |
Busan |
Daegu |
Incheon |
Gwangju |
Daejeon |
Ulsan |
Sejong |
|
|
Isolated |
6,789 |
215 |
48 |
5,038 |
27 |
11 |
18 |
21 |
41 |
|
|
Discharged |
1,540 |
55 |
58 |
1,048 |
5 |
6 |
4 |
9 |
0 |
|
|
Deceased |
84 |
0 |
1 |
58 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Total |
8,413 |
270 |
107 |
6,144 |
32 |
17 |
22 |
30 |
41 |
|
|
(Change) |
(93) |
(5) |
- |
(46) |
(1) |
(1) |
- |
(2) |
(1) |
|
|
|
Province |
Other |
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|
|
Gyeong -gi |
Gang -won |
Chung -buk |
Chung -nam |
Jeon -buk |
Jeon -nam |
Gyeong-buk |
Gyeong-nam |
Jeju |
Airport Screening |
|
isolated |
215 |
21 |
27 |
102 |
4 |
3 |
922 |
63 |
2 |
11 |
|
discharged |
59 |
8 |
5 |
16 |
5 |
2 |
235 |
23 |
2 |
0 |
|
deceased |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
21 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
(Change) |
(15) |
(1) |
(1) |
(3) |
(2) |
(1) |
(9) |
- |
- |
(5) |
○ Confirmed cases by date, by region, by gender and age are shown in the following graph and tables
○ Cases distribution by region
|
Region |
# of cases |
(%) |
Incidence rate (per 0.1M) |
Region |
# of cases |
(%) |
Incidence rate (per 0.1M) |
|
Seoul |
270 |
(3.21) |
2.77 |
Gyeonggi |
277 |
(3.29) |
2.09 |
|
Busan |
107 |
(1.27) |
3.14 |
Gangwon |
30 |
(0.36) |
1.95 |
|
Daegu |
6,144 |
(73.03) |
252.17 |
Chungbuk |
32 |
(0.38) |
2.00 |
|
Incheon |
32 |
(0.38) |
1.08 |
Chungnam |
118 |
(1.40) |
5.56 |
|
Gwangju |
17 |
(0.20) |
1.17 |
Jeonbuk |
9 |
(0.11) |
0.50 |
|
Daejeon |
22 |
(0.26) |
1.49 |
Jeonnam |
5 |
(0.06) |
0.27 |
|
Ulsan |
30 |
(0.36) |
2.62 |
Gyeongbuk |
1,178 |
(14.00) |
44.24 |
|
Sejong |
41 |
(0.49) |
11.98 |
Gyeongnam |
86 |
(1.02) |
2.56 |
|
Airport Screening |
11 |
(0.13) |
- |
Jeju |
4 |
(0.05) |
0.60 |
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
8,413 |
(100) |
16.23 |
○ Case distribution by gender and age:
|
Classification |
Confirmed Cases |
(%) |
Deaths |
(%) |
Fatality rate (%) |
|
|
Total |
8,413 |
(100.0) |
84 |
(100.0) |
1.00 |
|
|
Sex |
Male |
3,240 |
(38.51) |
45 |
(53.57) |
1.39 |
|
Female |
5,173 |
(61.49) |
39 |
(46.43) |
0.75 |
|
|
Age |
80 and above |
286 |
(3.40) |
31 |
(36.90) |
10.84 |
|
70-79 |
542 |
(6.44) |
29 |
(34.52) |
5.35 |
|
|
60-69 |
1,059 |
(12.59) |
16 |
(19.05) |
1.51 |
|
|
50-59 |
1,615 |
(19.20) |
6 |
(7.14) |
0.37 |
|
|
40-49 |
1,171 |
(13.92) |
1 |
(1.19) |
0.09 |
|
|
30-39 |
873 |
(10.38) |
1 |
(1.19) |
0.11 |
|
|
20-29 |
2,342 |
(27.84) |
0 |
(0.00) |
- |
|
|
10-19 |
438 |
(5.21) |
0 |
(0.00) |
- |
|
|
0-9 |
87 |
(1.03) |
0 |
(0.00) |
- |
|
|
Age distribution of confirmed cases |
Age distribution of deaths |
○ Cases distribution by region
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