Table 1 Demographics and mortality rate of 10,840 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in South Korea by May 8, 2020.
From: Genomic investigation of the coronavirus disease-2019 outbreak in the Republic of Korea
 | Confirmed cases | Deaths | Mortality rate (%) |
---|---|---|---|
Total | 10,840 | 256 | 2.4 |
Sex | |||
Male | 4406 (40.7%) | 133 (52.0%) | 3.0 |
Female | 6434 (59.4%) | 123 (48.1%) | 1.9 |
Age (years) | |||
80 and above | 488 (4.5%) | 122 (47.7%) | 25.0 |
70–79 | 710 (6.6%) | 77 (30.1%) | 10.9 |
60–69 | 1355 (12.5%) | 37 (14.5%) | 2.7 |
50–59 | 1958 (18.1%) | 15 (5.8%) | 0.77 |
40–49 | 1438 (13.3%) | 3 (1.2%) | 0.21 |
30–39 | 1177 (10.9%) | 2 (0.8%) | 0.17 |
20–29 | 2979 (27.5%) | 0 | 0 |
10–19 | 594 (5.5%) | 0 | 0 |
0–9 | 141 (1.3%) | 0 | 0 |