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13 additional cases have been confirmed
  • Date2020-05-17 10:55
  • Update2020-05-17 13:27
  • DivisionDivision of Risk assessment and International cooperation
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Updates on COVID-19 in Republic of Korea


17 May 2020



As of 0:00, 17 May 2020, the total number of confirmed cases is 11,050 (including 1,167 imported cases), of which 9,888 cases have been discharged from isolation. Newly confirmed cases are 13 in total.

 

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

16 May (Sat)

740,645

11,037

9,851

924

262

18,343

711,265

As of 0:00

17 May (Sun)

747,653

11,050

9,888

900

262

17,660

718,943

Difference

(+)7,008

(+)13

(+)37

(-)24

0

(-)683

(+)7,678

 


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Regional distribution of total confirmed cases:

 

 

Total

City

Seoul

Busan

Daegu

Incheon

Gwangju

Daejeon

Ulsan

Sejong

Isolated

900

156

11

313

39

0

4

3

0

Discharged

9,888

575

130

6,376

85

30

39

41

47

Deceased

262

4

3

181

0

0

1

1

0

Subtotal

11,050

735

144

6,870

124

30

44

45

47

New

(Difference)

13

5

0

1

0

0

1

0

0

 

Province

Other

Gyeonggi

Gangwon

Chung-buk

Chung-

nam

Jeon-

buk

Jeon-

nam

Gyeong-

buk

Gyeong-nam

Jeju

Border screening

Isolated

107

8

13

4

4

5

60

5

3

165

Discharged

598

45

43

140

16

13

1,254

116

11

329

Deceased

16

2

0

0

0

0

54

0

0

0

Subtotal

721

55

56

144

20

18

1,368

121

14

494

New

(Difference)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

4

 


Case distribution and incidence rate by region:


Region

# of cases

(%)

Incidence rate (per 0.1M)

Region

# of cases

(%)

Incidence rate (per 0.1M)

Seoul

735

(6.65)

7.55

Gyeonggi

721

(6.52)

5.44

Busan

144

(1.30)

4.22

Gangwon

55

(0.50)

3.57

Daegu

6,870

(62.17)

281.96

Chungbuk

56

(0.51)

3.50

Incheon

124

(1.12)

4.19

Chungnam

144

(1.30)

6.78

Gwangju

30

(0.27)

2.06

Jeonbuk

20

(0.18)

1.10

Daejeon

44

(0.40)

2.98

Jeonnam

18

(0.16)

0.97

Ulsan

45

(0.41)

3.92

Gyeongbuk

1,368

(12.38)

51.38

Sejong

47

(0.43)

13.73

Gyeongnam

121

(1.10)

3.60

Border

Screening

494

(4.47)

-

Jeju

14

(0.13)

2.09

 




Total

11,050

(100)

21.31

 

 


Daily case trends by region:


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Case distribution by gender and age group:


 

Confirmed Cases

(%)

Deaths

(%)

Fatality rate (%)

Total

11,050

(100)

262

(100)

2.37

Sex

Male

4,549

(41.17)

136

(51.91)

2.99

Female

6,501

(58.83)

126

(48.09)

1.94

Age

80 and above

490

(4.43)

127

(48.47)

25.92

70-79

715

(6.47)

77

(29.39)

10.77

60-69

1,364

(12.34)

38

(14.50)

2.79

50-59

1,967

(17.80)

15

(5.73)

0.76

40-49

1,457

(13.19)

3

(1.15)

0.21

30-39

1,211

(10.96)

2

(0.76)

0.17

20-29

3,079

(27.86)

0

(0.00)

-

10-19

620

(5.61)

0

(0.00)

-

0-9

147

(1.33)

0

(0.00)

-


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Incidence rate by age group (per 100,000):


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Imported cases:

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