COVID-19 Infection in South Korea: Focusing on Age Distribution of Confirmed Cases

COVID-19 Infection in South Korea: Focusing on Age Distribution of Confirmed Cases

Hyunjoo Joo, Yunjung Kang

A new kind of respiratory infectious disease, COVID-19, which first occurred in Wuhan, China, onDecember 31st, 2019, has affected all over China. After that, the first case of COVID-19 in South Koreawas confirmed on January 20th, 2020. Currently, on April 7th, the accumulated number of confirmed casesis 10,331, with 6,694 among them released from quarantine. Age distributions among the confirmedcases shows that patients between 20-29 occupy the most portion with 27%. The younger generationsoccupies the highest portion of the confirmed cases. Additionally, as their high infection rate can serveas a risk factor of spreading the disease to their family members, they should actively participate inthe prevention of the disease by thorough practice of social distancing. Their participation is expectedto serve an important role in ending COVID-19.

2020

Age Distribution, younger generation, social distancing, COVID-19, confirmed cases

DOI: 10.22207/JPAM.14.SPL1.08

Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology

Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology

Microbiology