In South Korea, the rate of testing has been quite high (3,692 tests per million people as of March 8), and its mortality among those infected quite low (about 0.6%, or 66 deaths, at last count). So why does Korea, the poster child of testing, have so few deaths while Italy and its late-to-the-table testing program have so many? This compares to South Korea, where 18.5% of the population is at least 60 years of age, ranking 53rd globally. By contrast, the outbreak in South Korea has occurred among much younger people . Which is good news for South Korea, where 62% of cases occur among women.

Source: CNN March 16, 2020 21:56 UTC