COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea
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The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic spread to South Korea on 20 January 2020, when the first case was announced.[1]
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COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea | |
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | South Korea |
First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
Index case | Incheon International Airport |
Arrival date | 20 January 2020 (4 years, 3 months, 4 weeks and 1 day) |
Confirmed cases | 73,115 |
Active cases | 12,364 |
Suspected cases‡ | 154,345 |
Recovered | 59,468 |
Deaths | 1,283 |
Fatality rate | 1.75% |
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‡Suspected cases have not been confirmed by laboratory tests as being due to this strain, although some other strains may have been ruled out. |
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