Volume 26, Number 10—October 2020
Research Letter
Effect of COVID-19 on Tuberculosis Notification, South Korea
Nakwon Kwak, Seung-Sik Hwang, and Jae-Joon Yim
Table
Weekly mean number of TB case notifications in 2020 compared with the previous 5-year period, South Korea
| Location, calendar week† | Mean no. TB cases |
Difference between actual and predicted cases after COVID-19 in 2020 (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015–2019 | 2020 | ||
| All provinces | −121 (−165 to −86) | ||
| 1–8 | 594 | 498 | |
| 9–18 |
655 |
390 |
|
| Daegu and Gyeongbuk Provinces | −14 (−24 to −3) | ||
| 1–8 | 70 | 57 | |
| 9–18 |
77 |
46 |
|
| Other provinces | −112 (−153 to −79) | ||
| 1–8 | 524 | 441 | |
| 9–18 | 576 | 344 | |
*COVID-19, coronavirus disease; TB, tuberculosis.
†Weeks 1–8, before COVID-19 outbreak; weeks 9–18, after start of COVID-19 outbreak.
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