COVID-19 regional variation in South Korea

(Updated: 2020-10-03 21:38:18 EDT)

  • This shows supplementary figures for COVID-19 in South Korea - and potential implications for us (wherever we are)
  • All data are from press release from KCDC - available to the public in both Korean and English. KCDC has released regional data since March 7th.

  • Special cities are included in provinces where they are located: Daejeon and Sejong in Chungnam province; Seoul and Inchon in Gyeonggi province; Daegu and Ulsan are included in Gyungbuk province; Busan in Gyungnam province; and Gwangju in Jeonnam province.

  • NOTE: On July 20th, data reporting format has been changed. KCDC now reports cases by local transmission vs. imported. Based on this change, on July 20th, the cumulative number of cases dropped in all provinces, but increased in the“Airport” - aka imported cases now. See Questions 2.1 and 3, which reflect the drop/change. The total number of cases is not affected.

1. Cumulative cases by region
2. Cumulative incidence by region
2.1 Trend of cumulateive incidence rates by region over time
3. Trend of regional composition among confirmed cases over time
4. Trend of new cases by region over time
5. Number of deaths by region

The latest mortality data by province are as of 2020-07-19. COVID-19 deaths have been reported in 6 provinces until then.

6. Case fatality rate by region