As of the 2nd of March 2020 , South Korea confirmed the 4,212nd case of infection after the first case of coronavirus in the country on January 20 . At the moment , 31 patients were discharged from hospitals after making a full recovery from the virus and 22 deaths are reported . In total , over 105 thousand people are tested until now . In the first quarter of 2020 , it was expected that South Korea will see a loss of around 2.9 trillion South Korean won in tourism revenue if the novel coronavirus spreads rapidly in the country . In addition , the number of foreign tourists visiting South Korea was expected to decrease by two million .
