The updates on COVID-19 in Korea as of 11 April

○ As of 0:00, 11 April 2020, the total number of confirmed cases is 10,480 (including 886 imported cases), of which 7,243 cases have been discharged from isolation. Newly confirmed cases are 30 in total.

 

 

[Table 1. Total confirmed and suspected cases]

 

 

[Table 2. Imported cases in Korea (as of 0:00, 11 April 2020)]

 

 

○ Epidemiological links have been found for 81.7% of the total cases; 9.8% are either under investigation or sporadic cases. More details on the epidemiological links within each province or city are shown in Table 2.

 

○ From the Second Mi-Ju hospital in Daegu City, 4 additional cases have been confirmed from testing all 144 patients and staffs under cohort isolation. In total, 190 cases(patients = 176; staffs = 14) have been confirmed since 26 March.

 

○ From Euijeongbu St. Mary’s Hospital in Gyeonggi Province, 7 additional cases have been confirmed from during self-quarantine. In total, 59 cases (patients = 21; staffs = 16; family/contacts = 22) have been confirmed since 29 March.

 

○ From Gyeongbuk Province, during the epidemiological investigation 3 additional cases have been confirmed. In total, 8 cases have been confirmed since 9 April. (The figures on Table 2 are based on cases reported to KCDC before 0:00 of 11 April and may differ from above).

 

○ As the number of confirmed cases decrease, KCDC urged each medical institutions to actively test for suspected COVID-19 cases in efforts to detect the “silent spread.”

KCDC stressed once again that all suspected COVID-19 tests reported to KCDC by the local health centers will be covered by national health insurance and other sources.

 

○ KCDC asked for continued participation in the Enhanced Social Distancing campaign which has been extended to 19 April, especially this upcoming weekend. KCDC is advising people to refrain from activities that make it easy to come in close contact with other people in an enclosed space and to maintain good personal hygiene including washing hands and covering coughs/sneezes.

 

 

Source : https://www.cdc.go.kr/board/board.es?mid=a30402000000&bid=0030