covid-19 pandemic in south korea covid-19 pandemic in south korea the covid-19 pandemic in south korea is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2). the first case in south korea was announced on 20 january 2020. the number of confirmed cases increased on 19 february by 20, and on 20 february by 58 or 70, giving a total of 346 confirmed cases on 21 february 2020, according to the korea disease control and prevention agency (kdca), with the sudden jump mostly attributed to "patient 31" who participated in a gathering at a shincheonji church of jesus the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony church in daegu. covid-19 pandemic in south koreafrom top to bottom then from left to right: a queue in front of a pharmacy in wonju for the distribution of masks, a drone of disinfection in seongnam, a closed elementary school in daegu, protest inscriptions against shincheonji on a car, video call between members of the south korean government, manufacturing of masks in busan, 2020 south korean legislative election, admission of a symptomatic patient to a hospital in busan, portable medical negative pressure isolation stretcher in a fire station in hoengseong county, firefighters' training in daegu, thermal camera at the entrance to wonju hospital, temperature check at incheon international airport, drive-through testing in gyeongju. map of special cities & municipals with confirmed or suspected coronavirus cases (as of 5 march 2022): confirmed 1~9,999 confirmed 10,000~99,999 confirmed ≥100,000coronavirus pandemic in south korea over time (since 20 january 2020). number of cases (logarithmically) day not included in map day included in map last day included in mapdiseasecovid-19virus strainsars-cov-2locationsouth koreafirst outbreakwuhan, hubei, chinaindex caseincheon international airportarrival date20 january 2020(3 years, 3 months, 3 weeks and 2 days)confirmed cases31,285,910severe cases1,073deaths34,534fatality rate0.11%vaccinations44,787,047 (total vaccinated)44,374,751 (fully vaccinated)129,647,782 (doses administered)government websitencov.mohw.go.kr/en this article is part of a series aboutmoon jae-in political career leader of the democratic party member of the national assembly chief of staff to the president presidency cabinet inter-korean summits april 2018 may 2018 september 2018 2019 koreas–united states dmz summit covid-19 pandemic k-quarantine japan–south korea trade dispute israel–south korea free trade agreement international trips elections 2012 2017 media gallery amidst fears of further contamination, mass gatherings in the affected cities were cancelled and about 300 soldiers in daegu were placed in isolation. on 4 february 2020, in order to help prevent spread of the disease, south korea began denying entry to foreigners traveling from hubei province in china. south korea introduced what was considered one of the largest and best-organised epidemic control programs in the world, along with singapore, taiwan, and vietnam. various measures have been taken to mass test the population for the virus, and isolate any infected people as well as trace and quarantine those they had contact with, without any further lockdown. the rapid and extensive testing undertaken by south korea has been judged successful in limiting the spread of the outbreak, without using the drastic measure of locking down entire cities. despite these successful measures, however, a significant rise in the number of new infections has occurred beginning in august 2020, with clusters being linked to protestant churches in the metropolitan seoul area. another rise began in the third week of november, and seoul has since entered a third wave of infections. on 24 november, the government raised the social distancing level in seoul to level 2. on 29 november, the social distancing level in other areas of the country was raised to 1.5. in december, it was raised to level 2.5 in some metropolitan areas and 2 in other areas. in early 2022, there was a major spike in cases related to omicron, with 170 thousand cases reported on february 22. south korea began relaxing social distancing rules on 4 march 2022 and announced a shift toward endemic living on 18 march. it lifted its vaccine mandate and quarantine requirement for fully vaccinated travelers on 1 april. the number of new daily reported cases peaked at 621,317 on 16 march 2022 and the number of daily deaths peaked at 432 on 29 march 2022. timeline epidemic curve of covid-19 in south korea covid-19 cases in south korea () deaths recoveries active cases202020202021202120222022janjanfebfebmarmarapraprmaymayjunjunjuljulaugaugsepsepoctoctnovnovdecdecjanjanfebfebmarmarapraprmaymayjunjunjuljulaugaugsepsepoctoctnovnovdecdecjanjanfebfebmarmarapraprmaymayjunjunjuljulaugaugsepseplast 15 dayslast 15 days date# of cases# of deaths 2020-01-201(n.a.) ⋮1(=) 2020-01-242(+1) 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2022-04-0414,267,401(+265,995)17,662(+209) 2022-04-0514,553,644(+286,243)18,033(+371) 2022-04-0614,778,405(+224,761)18,381(+348) 2022-04-0714,983,694(+205,289)18,754(+373) 2022-04-0815,169,189(+185,495)19,092(+338) 2022-04-0915,333,670(+164,481)19,421(+329) 2022-04-1015,424,598(+90,928)19,679(+258) 2022-04-1115,635,274(+210,676)19,850(+171) 2022-04-1215,830,644(+195,370)20,034(+184) 2022-04-1315,979,061(+148,417)20,352(+318) 2022-04-1416,104,869(+125,808)20,616(+264) 2022-04-1516,212,751(+107,882)20,889(+273) 2022-04-1616,305,752(+93,001)21,092(+203) 2022-04-1716,353,495(+47,743)21,224(+132) 2022-04-1816,471,940(+118,445)21,354(+130) ⋮ 2022-05-3018,086,462(n.a.)24,167(n.a.) ⋮ 2022-07-0718,451,862(n.a.)24,593(n.a.) 2022-07-0818,471,172(+19,310)24,605(+12) 2022-07-0918,491,435(+20,263)24,624(+19) 2022-07-1018,511,845(+20,410)24,643(+19) 2022-07-1118,524,538(+12,693)24,661(+18) 2022-07-1218,561,861(+37,323)24,668(+7) 2022-07-1318,602,109(+40,248)24,680(+12) 2022-07-1418,641,278(+39,169)24,696(+16) 2022-07-1518,680,142(+38,864)24,712(+16) 2022-07-1618,721,415(+41,273)24,728(+16) 2022-07-1718,761,757(+40,342)24,742(+14) 2022-07-1818,788,056(+26,299)24,753(+11) 2022-07-1918,861,593(+73,537)24,765(+12) 2022-07-2018,937,971(+76,378)24,777(+12) 2022-07-2119,009,080(+71,109)24,794(+17) 2022-07-2219,077,659(+68,579)24,825(+31) 2022-07-2319,146,180(+68,521)24,855(+30) 2022-07-2419,211,613(+65,433)24,873(+18) 2022-07-2519,247,496(+35,883)24,890(+17) 2022-07-2619,346,764(+99,268)24,907(+17) 2022-07-2719,446,946(+100,182)24,932(+25) 2022-07-2819,535,242(+88,296)24,957(+25) 2022-07-2919,620,517(+85,275)24,992(+35) 2022-07-3019,702,461(+81,944)25,027(+35) 2022-07-3119,776,050(+73,589)25,047(+20) 2022-08-0119,820,739(+44,689)25,068(+21) 2022-08-0219,932,439(+111,700)25,084(+16) 2022-08-0320,052,305(+119,866)25,110(+26) 2022-08-0420,160,154(+107,849)25,144(+34) 2022-08-0520,273,011(+112,857)25,191(+47) 2022-08-0620,383,621(+110,610)25,236(+45) 2022-08-0720,489,128(+105,507)25,263(+27) 2022-08-0820,544,420(+55,292)25,292(+29) 2022-08-0920,694,239(+149,819)25,332(+40) 2022-08-1020,845,973(+151,734)25,382(+50) 2022-08-1120,983,169(+137,196)25,441(+59) 2022-08-1221,111,840(+128,671)25,499(+58) 2022-08-1321,236,355(+124,515)25,566(+67) 2022-08-1421,355,958(+119,603)25,623(+57) 2022-08-1521,418,036(+62,078)25,673(+50) 2022-08-1621,502,164(+84,128)25,710(+37) 2022-08-1721,682,816(+180,652)25,752(+42) 2022-08-1821,861,296(+178,480)25,813(+61) 2022-08-1922,000,037(+138,741)25,896(+83) 2022-08-2022,129,387(+129,350)25,980(+84) 2022-08-2122,240,331(+110,944)26,044(+64) 2022-08-2222,299,377(+59,046)26,109(+65) 2022-08-2322,449,475(+150,098)26,161(+52) 2022-08-2422,588,640(+139,165)26,224(+63) 2022-08-2522,701,921(+113,281)26,332(+108) 2022-08-2622,802,985(+101,064)26,413(+81) 2022-08-2722,898,523(+95,538)26,499(+86) 2022-08-2822,983,818(+85,295)26,569(+70) 2022-08-2923,026,960(+43,142)26,618(+49) 2022-08-3023,142,479(+115,519)26,689(+71) 2022-08-3123,246,398(+103,919)26,764(+75) 2022-09-0123,327,897(+81,499)26,876(+112) 2022-09-0223,417,425(+89,528)26,940(+64) 2022-09-0323,497,048(+79,623)27,014(+74) 2022-09-0423,569,192(+72,144)27,093(+79) source: kdca map of special cities & municipals with confirmed or suspected coronavirus cases (as of 18 august 2020): confirmed cases reported suspected cases reported 14 days no confirmed casesconfirmed cases per million residents by province or citynumber of confirmed cases by province or special city during the first four weeks, south korea controlled the potential spread of covid-19 by using high-tech resources like tracking the use of credit cards and checking cctv footage of confirmed patients. however, since 18 february, the number of cases increased to more than 1,700 after discovering that patient no. 31 was a member of the shincheonji church of jesus. some media reported that it was difficult for kcdc to screen the patient because shincheonji teaches that illness is sin. many members were uncooperative with kcdc and were out of reach. however, shincheonji denied this, and other sources report that the sect did cooperate with the authorities. about half of confirmed cases were linked to the shincheonji church as of 27 february; this was verified by health officials. as of 10 march, the kcdc was able to contact and test most of the shincheonji church members, with the total number of tests nationally standing at around 200,000. 20 january – 17 february on 20 january, a 35-year-old chinese woman was confirmed as the first case. the first south korean national to be infected occurred three days later, a 55-year-old man who worked in wuhan, china, and returned for a checkup with flu symptoms. the two infection reports were publicly released on 24 january. on 26 january, a 54-year-old south korean man was the third case. he had used a rental car and visited three restaurants, a hotel, a convenience store and met his family before admitting himself to hospital. all these places were disinfected. on 27 january, a fourth case was reported as a 55-year-old south korean man who returned from wuhan on 20 january. he first experienced flu symptoms on 21 january and developed further complications four days later, eventually turning himself in. both cases were tallied into formal records on 27 january. on 1 february, an update on the first four patients was received. it indicated that the first three were showing weaker symptoms and recovering well while the fourth was being treated for pneumonia. rumours circulated that the fourth patient had died, while the health authorities denied the rumours. two more confirmed cases were reported on 30 january. the fifth patient was a 32-year-old south korean man who returned from his work at wuhan on 24 january. the sixth patient was the first case in south korea who had never visited wuhan. the 56-year-old man caught the virus when visiting a restaurant with the third patient.