The proportion of COVID-19 cases that are asymptomatic in South Korea: Comment on Nishiura et al.

Abstract

The Korean Centers for Disease Control & Prevention reports the asymptomatic case proportion for COVID-19 is 33.3%. The asymptomatic case proportion in South Korea closely approximates the rate of 30.8% reported by Nishiura et al. (2020) among Japanese nationals returning from abroad.

Keywords

• COVID-19
• Asymptomatic
• Korea