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64 additional cases have been confirmed
  • Date2020-03-23 13:25
  • Update2020-03-23 13:27
  • DivisionDivision of Risk assessment and International cooperation
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Updates on COVID-19 in Republic of Korea

23 March, 2020

 

As of 0:00, 23 March 2020, the total number of confirmed cases is 8,961 (including 144 imported cases), of which 3,166 cases have been discharged from isolation. Newly confirmed cases are 64 in total.

 

Period

(since 3 Jan)

Total

Tested positive

Being tested

Tested negative

Confirmed

Discharged

Isolated

Deceased

As of 0:00

22 March (Sun)

331,780

8,897

2,909

5,884

104

14,540

308,343

As of 0:00

23 March (Mon)

338,036

8,961

3,166

5,684

111

13,628

315,447

Change

+6,256

+64

+257

-200

+7

-912

+7,104

 

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Regional distribution of total confirmed cases:

 

Total

City

Seoul

Busan

Daegu

Incheon

Gwangju

Daejeon

Ulsan

Sejong

Isolated

5,684

266

37

4,024

32

9

18

19

39

Discharged

3,166

64

71

2,305

8

10

6

17

3

Deceased

111

0

1

82

0

0

0

0

0

Subtotal

8,961

330

109

6,411

40

19

24

36

42

(Change)

(64)

(6)

(1)

(24)

-

-

-

-

(1)

 

Province

Other

Gyeonggi

Gangwon

Chung-buk

Chung-

nam

Jeon-

buk

Jeon-

nam

Gyeong-

buk

Gyeong-nam

Jeju

Airport screening

Isolated

260

15

28

76

3

3

763

44

1

47

Discharged

88

14

9

44

7

3

469

45

3

0

Deceased

3

1

0

0

0

0

24

0

0

0

Subtotal

351

30

37

120

10

6

1,256

89

4

47

(Change)

(14)

-

(2)

-

-

-

(2)

(1)

-

(13)

 

Case distribution and incidence rate by region:

Region

# of cases

(%)

Incidence rate (per 0.1M)

Region

# of cases

(%)

Incidence rate (per 0.1M)

Seoul

330

(3.68)

3.39

Gyeonggi

351

(3.92)

2.65

Busan

109

(1.22)

3.19

Gangwon

30

(0.33)

1.95

Daegu

6,411

(71.54)

263.12

Chungbuk

37

(0.41)

2.31

Incheon

40

(0.45)

1.35

Chungnam

120

(1.34)

5.65

Gwangju

19

(0.21)

1.30

Jeonbuk

10

(0.11)

0.55

Daejeon

24

(0.27)

1.63

Jeonnam

6

(0.07)

0.32

Ulsan

36

(0.40)

3.14

Gyeongbuk

1,256

(14.02)

47.17

Sejong

42

(0.47)

12.27

Gyeongnam

89

(0.99)

2.65

Airport Screening

47

(0.52)

-

Jeju

4

(0.04)

0.60

 

 

 

 

Total

8,961

(100)

17.28

 

  

Daily cases trends by region:

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Case distribution by gender and age group:

 

Confirmed Cases

(%)

Deaths

(%)

Fatality rate (%)

Total

8,961

(100)

111

(100)

1.24

Sex

Male

3,457

(38.58)

58

(52.25)

1.68

Female

5,504

(61.42)

53

(47.75)

0.96

Age

80 and above

396

(4.42)

46

(41.44)

11.62

70-79

599

(6.68)

38

(34.23)

6.34

60-69

1,139

(12.71)

18

(16.22)

1.58

50-59

1,702

(18.99)

7

(6.31)

0.41

40-49

1,228

(13.70)

1

(0.90)

0.08

30-39

917

(10.23)

1

(0.90)

0.11

20-29

2,417

(26.97)

0

(0.00)

-

10-19

460

(5.13)

0

(0.00)

-

0-9

103

(1.15)

0

(0.00)

-

 


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Pediatric case distribution:

Age group

Total confirmed

Change from yesterday

Status

Discharged from isolation

In isolation

0-2

30

0

9

21

3-6

32

0

11

21

7-12

103

2

29

74

13-15

92

0

32

60

16-18

133

0

44

89



Weekly trend of imported cases:

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