The outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 is regarded as a highly contagious disease that has challenged the healthcare systems worldwide with confirmed cases approaching 12 million and more than 50,000 deaths. Considering the worldwide cases of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), it remains a pandemic and the vaccines and therapeutic agents have yet to be developed to stop the spread of this outbreak. Due to the unavailability of specific treatment for the COVID-19, it can be viewed that the risk of cluster infection will continue to be present within the intermittent and small-scale outbreaks. Though the COVID-19 has been identified as a communicable disease, the preventive measures and response policies in South Korea are effectively serving the purpose and gained the confidence to overcome the COVID-19 crisis. This paper includes the exploratory data analysis of COVID-19 cases in South Korea till July 8, 2020. South Korea has reported the lowest death rate with the majority of the deaths, associated with persons with underlying health conditions or elderly infected individuals. Currently the infected patients (total 989) remaining in South Korea are mild cases owing to its robust health care system and quarantine inspection procedures followed by the Ministry of Health and Welfare of South Korea to flatten the COVID-19 curve. Although the COVID-19 countermeasures taken by the South Korean government may not be conclusive or universal for all, but its exemplary approach to tackle COVID-19 can aid countries across the globe to strengthen their response system for the future outbreak of such an infectious disease.

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COVID-19 在韩国传播的当前观点：探索性数据分析和大流行的遏制

严重急性呼吸系统综合症冠状病毒 2 的爆发被认为是一种高度传染性疾病，已对全球医疗保健系统构成挑战，确诊病例接近 1200 万，超过 50,000 人死亡。考虑到全球范围内的新型冠状病毒病 (COVID-19) 病例，它仍然是一种大流行病，尚未开发出疫苗和治疗剂来阻止这种疫情的蔓延。由于没有针对 COVID-19 的特定治疗方法，可以认为在间歇性和小范围的暴发中，集群感染的风险将继续存在。尽管 COVID-19 已被确定为传染病，但韩国的预防措施和应对政策正在有效地达到目的，并获得了克服 COVID-19 危机的信心。本文包括截至 2020 年 7 月 8 日韩国 COVID-19 病例的探索性数据分析。韩国报告的死亡率最低，大多数死亡与有潜在健康问题的人或老年感染者有关。目前留在韩国的感染患者（共 989 名）是轻症病例，因为其强大的医疗保健系统和韩国卫生和福利部遵循的检疫检查程序使 COVID-19 曲线变平。尽管韩国政府采取的 COVID-19 应对措施可能并非对所有人都具有决定性或普遍性，但其应对 COVID-19 的示范性方法可以帮助全球各国加强应对此类传染病未来爆发的应对系统.