Table 2.

Distribution frequency and deaths of MERS-CoV cases by country (as of January 1, 2017 to January 17, 2018)

	Number of cases (n = 229)			Number of deaths (n = 70)
Reporting country	Male n (%)	Female n (%)	Total n (%)	Male n (%)	Female n (%)	Total n (%)
Saudi Arabia	157(91.8)	58(100.0)	215(93.9)	54(34.4)	15(25.9)	69(98.6)
UAEa	7(4.1)	0(0.0)	7(3.1)	1(1.8)	0(0.0)	1(1.4)
Qatar	3(1.8)	0(0.0)	3(1.3)	0(0.0)	0(0.0)	0(0.0)
Oman	2(1.2)	0(0.0)	2(.9)	0(0.0)	0(0.0)	0(0.0)
Lebanon	1(.6)	0(0.0)	1(.4)	0(0.0)	0(0.0)	0(0.0)
Malaysia	1(.6)	0(0.0)	1(.4)	0(0.0)	0(0.0)	0(0.0)

^aUnited Arab Emirates