On March 1, 2023, exactly 12,291 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) were reported in South Korea. South Korea's handling of the coronavirus (COVID-19) was initially widely praised, though the government's handling of vaccine distribution has been criticized. Seoul and the metropolitan areas were hit especially hard by a few group infections during the second wave in August 2020. This was followed by a fourth wave, driven by the delta variant and low vaccination rates, leading to rising figures. Though the country has since achieved high vaccination rates, the omicron variant led to record new daily cases. Cases once again began to decline in January of 2023.

For further information about the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, please visit our dedicated Facts and Figures page.

As of August 28, 2023, confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) patients in their forties made up the largest share of patients in South Korea, amounting to around 15.2 percent of all positive cases. The first wave lasted until April, with the second wave following in August of 2020. This was further followed by a fourth wave, driven by the delta and omicron variants. Though the country has since achieved high vaccination rates, the omicron variant led to record new daily cases in 2022.

Patient profile

In South Korea, the infection rate of coronavirus was the highest among people in the twenties due to their social activities. Indeed, the new infections related to the clubgoers in Seoul are likely to increase the infection rate between young people. 158 out of 261 clubgoer-related confirmed patients were in teenagers or in their twenties, and 36 patients were in their thirties. The mortality rate of coronavirus by age group was somewhat different from the age distribution of total infection cases. It was highest among people in their eighties, with this group making up around 59.6 percent of deaths related to the coronavirus in South Korea. Mortality declined with each younger age group.

Daily life changes

In South Korea, a new policy of "With Corona" has been launched in order to ease society back into a new norm of living with the virus, without having too many restrictions in place. This is based on high vaccination rates, and includes strict quarantine measures for those who are infected and their close contacts. There are plans to improve the verification of vaccination and test certificates for use in public spaces. Most South Koreans have responded to rising numbers by once again avoiding crowded places or going out. It is common to wear masks regardless of diseases, so people are continuing to wear masks when they need to go out. Also, people prefer to do online shopping than physical shopping, and online sales of food and health-related products have increased by more than 700 percent compared to last year. Spending on living, cooking, and furniture has increased significantly as people spend more time at home.

South Korea recorded 31415280 Coronavirus Cases since the epidemic began, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In addition, South Korea reported 34610 Coronavirus Deaths. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for South Korea Coronavirus Cases.

As of August 28, 2023, South Korea has confirmed a total of 34,436,586 positive cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), including 35,812 deaths. The first case coronavirus in South Korea was discovered in January 2020. Currently, 25.57 cases per 100,000 people are being confirmed, down from 35.74 cases last month.

Case development trend

In the middle of February 2020, novel coronavirus (COVID-19) began to increase exponentially from patient 31, who was known as a super propagator. With a quick response by the government, the daily new cases once dropped to a single-digit. In May 2020, around three hundreds of new infections were related to cluster infections that occurred in some clubs at Itaewon, an entertainment district in Seoul. Seoul and the metropolitan areas were hit hard by this Itaewon infection. Following the second wave of infections in August, the government announced it was facing the third wave in November with 200 to 300 confirmed cases every day. A fourth wave started in July 2021 from the spread of the delta variant and low vaccination rates. While vaccination rates have risen significantly since then, the highly infectious omicron variant led to a record-breaking rise in cases. This began easing up in March of 2022, though numbers began to rise again around August of 2022. As of October 2022, case numbers are decreasing again.

Economic impact on Korean economy

The Korean economy is interdependent on many countries over the world, so the impact of coronavirus on Korean economy is significant. According to recent OECD forecasts, South Korea's GDP is projected to show positive growth in 2022 and 2023. The first sector the coronavirus impacted was tourism, caused by decreasing numbers of inbound tourists and domestic sales. In the first quarter of 2020, tourism revenue was expected to decrease by 2.9 trillion won. In addition, Korean companies predicted that the damage caused by the losses in sales and exports would be significant. In particular, the South Korean automotive industry was considered to be the most affected industry, as automobile production and parts supply stopped at factories in China.For further information about the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, please visit our dedicated Facts and Figures page.

We have decided to leave the old version of Coronavirus-Dataset, because many kernels had been made based on it. Link to the new version of Coronavirus-Dataset

Context

COVID-19 has infected more than 7000 people in South Korea. KCDC (Korea Centers for Disease Control & Prevention) announces the information of COVID-19 quickly and transparently. We make a structured dataset based on the report materials of KCDC and local governments.

Acknowledgements

Thanks sincerely to all the members of KCDC and local governments. Source of data: KCDC (Korea Centers for Disease Control & Prevention)

In past 24 hours, N. Korea, Asia had N/A new cases, N/A deaths and N/A recoveries.

The number of COVID-19 vaccination doses administered in South Korea rose to 129647782 as of Oct 27 2023. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for South Korea Coronavirus Vaccination Total.

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) country report analyses how the pandemic will impact retail spend in South Korea. Read More

South Korea KCDC: COVID-19: Patients: 0000H: Con: QDH: Daejeon data was reported at 0.000 Person in 07 Aug 2020. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 Person for 06 Aug 2020. South Korea KCDC: COVID-19: Patients: 0000H: Con: QDH: Daejeon data is updated daily, averaging 0.000 Person from Feb 2020 (Median) to 07 Aug 2020, with 166 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.000 Person in 07 Aug 2020 and a record low of 0.000 Person in 07 Aug 2020. South Korea KCDC: COVID-19: Patients: 0000H: Con: QDH: Daejeon data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency. The data is categorized under High Frequency Database’s Disease Outbreaks – Table KR.D001: Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-2019) (Discontinued).

South Korea KCDC: COVID-19: Patients: 0000H: Con: QDH: Incheon data was reported at 0.000 Person in 07 Aug 2020. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 Person for 06 Aug 2020. South Korea KCDC: COVID-19: Patients: 0000H: Con: QDH: Incheon data is updated daily, averaging 0.000 Person from Feb 2020 (Median) to 07 Aug 2020, with 166 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.000 Person in 07 Aug 2020 and a record low of 0.000 Person in 07 Aug 2020. South Korea KCDC: COVID-19: Patients: 0000H: Con: QDH: Incheon data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency. The data is categorized under High Frequency Database’s Disease Outbreaks – Table KR.D001: Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-2019) (Discontinued).

As of August 28, 2023, the fatality rate of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in South Korea stood at around 1.7 percent among people aged 80 year and older. This made them the most vulnerable age group, followed by people in their seventies. After the first wave lasted till April and the second wave in August 2020, Korea faced a fourth wave fueled by the delta and omicron variants in 2022.

For further information about the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, please visit our dedicated Facts and Figures page.

Dataset

This dataset was created by Ankit Verma

Released under CC0: Public Domain

Contents

It contains the following files:

Context

Started in China, the Wuhan corona-virus is spreading around the world. Also, Korea is currently suffering from a virus that is spreading rapidly. The new coronavirus is difficult to analyze because it spreads through a variety of pathways, including asymptomatic infections.

Also, the infection propagation pattern differs from region to region, which requires specialized analysis for each city. We focused on constructing and analyzing data sets to prevent local infections in Busan City.

The following web app developed for visualizing and analyzing the local infection situation in Busan in a time series. http://corona-busan.co.kr

Content

In Korea, viruses are spreading rapidly due to certain religious activities. To analyze unusual situations, we included religion as a type of infection, and we constructed a confirmatory line over time to quickly identify contaminated areas and minimize additional infections.

Structure Description

Busan_Patient_Path.json In this data include 3-large hierachical category of patient (patient_info, infection_info, route_info)

• Patient_info
  • patient_id :
  • age
  • sex
  • country
  • religion :
  • residential_info
  • city
  • district
  • latitude
  • longtitude
• Infection_Info
  • Infection_Place
    • name
    • latitude
    • longtitude
  • Infection_type :
  • Infection_factor :
  • Isolation_place
    • name
    • latitude
    • longtitude
• Route {Array}
  • name :
  • latitude
  • longtitude
  • start_time :
  • end_time :

Acknowledgements

Pusan ​​National University(PNU) CSE, Chang-Hong Lee, and Jun-Hwan Huh has made the data sets and develop an analysis framework for the public good.

Source of data: Busan City, KCDC (Korea Centers for Disease Control & Prevention),

Thanks to the Korean Government and Busan city for making data available.

Inspiration

1. The virus spread caused by religion activity
2. Change in virus spread cases over at city level
3. Relationships between patients by infection type

Effect of the coverage rate on COVID-19 death.

This data package includes the underlying data files to replicate the data, tables, and charts presented in How did Korea’s fiscal accounts fare during the COVID-19 pandemic? PIIE Policy Brief 23-8.

If you use the data, please cite as: Gagnon, Joseph E., and Asher Rose. 2023. How did Korea’s fiscal accounts fare during the COVID-19 pandemic? PIIE Policy Brief 23-8. Washington, DC: Peterson Institute for International Economics.

As of August 31, 2023, Gyeonggi (Gyeonggi Province) registered around 9.3 million confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), making it the region with the most cases in South Korea. This was followed by the capital city of Seoul and the city of Busan. A further 18.9 thousand people tested positive during quarantine. There were a total of 14 provinces with one million or more COVID cases each, with Gangwon (Gangwon Province) being the newest addition.

For further information about the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, please visit our dedicated Facts and Figures page.

Change in quality of life due to COVID-19.

Change in participation due to COVID-19.

South Korea KCDC: COVID-19: Patients: 0000H: Con: Others: Gyeongbuk data was reported at 472.000 Person in 21 Apr 2021. This records an increase from the previous number of 462.000 Person for 20 Apr 2021. South Korea KCDC: COVID-19: Patients: 0000H: Con: Others: Gyeongbuk data is updated daily, averaging 141.000 Person from Feb 2020 (Median) to 21 Apr 2021, with 423 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 472.000 Person in 21 Apr 2021 and a record low of 36.000 Person in 24 Feb 2020. South Korea KCDC: COVID-19: Patients: 0000H: Con: Others: Gyeongbuk data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency. The data is categorized under High Frequency Database’s Disease Outbreaks – Table KR.D001: Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-2019) (Discontinued).