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. 2021 Nov 8;150:e194. doi: 10.1017/S095026882200173X

Table 1.

Attack rates of SARS-CoV-2 by geographic regions, South Korea, January 2020 – October 2021

Province (No. of districts) School Community
Population (n) COVID-19 cases (n) Attack rate (per 1000) Population (n) COVID-19 cases (n) Attack rate (per 1000)
Total (250) 7 212 784 19 215 2.66 51 333 253 353 107 6.88
Seoul (25) 1 136 363 4839 4.26 9 453 878 116 374 12.31
Busan (16) 414 707 915 2.21 3 343 353 13 712 4.10
Daegu (8) 332 530 744 2.24 2 387 450 16 772 7.03
Incheon (10) 414 986 999 2.41 2 921 875 18 824 6.44
Gwangju (5) 228 897 347 1.52 1 438 868 5318 3.70
Daejeon (5) 214 365 665 3.10 1 449 628 7498 5.17
Ulsan (5) 173 983 525 3.02 1 124 041 5403 4.81
Gyeonggi (42) 2 047 572 6009 2.93 13 398 945 105 573 7.88
Sejong (1) 76 853 130 1.69 362 922 1350 3.72
Gangwon (18) 198 520 544 2.74 1 530 537 7106 4.64
Chungbuk (14) 224 290 412 1.84 1 591 246 7739 4.86
Chungnam (16) 309 978 589 1.90 2 109 102 10 332 4.90
Jeonbuk (15) 251 011 344 1.37 1 786 322 5043 2.82
Jeonnam (22) 244 780 245 1.00 1 833 021 3476 1.90
Gyeongbuk (24) 341 795 639 1.87 2 619 828 9530 3.64
Gyeongnam (22) 492 716 949 1.93 3 311 249 12 704 3.84
Jeju (2) 109 442 320 2.92 670 993 3082 4.59