Epidemiology[edit]
See also: 2012 Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus outbreak
Total cases
MERS confirmed cases and deaths
From September 2012 to 10 March 2015, and June 2015
Cases Deaths Fatality
WHO total[47] 1227 449 37%
ECDC total[48] 1082 439 41%
Reported confirmed cases per country
Saudi Arabia[49] 1029 452 44%
South Korea[50] 184 29 16%
United Arab Emirates[48] 74 10 14%
Jordan[48] 19 6 32%
Qatar[48] 10 4 40%
Oman[48] 5 3 60%
Iran[48] 5 2 40%
United Kingdom[48] 4 3 75%
Germany[48] 3 1 33%
Kuwait[48] 3 1 33%
Algeria[48] 2 1 50%
Tunisia[48] 3 1 33%
France[48] 2 1 50%
Spain[51][52] 2 0 0%
Netherlands[48][53] 2 0 0%
Philippines[48] 2 0 0%
United States[48] 2 0 0%
Greece[48] 1 1 100%
Malaysia[48] 1 1 100%
Turkey[48][54] 1 1 100%
Yemen[48] 1 1 100%
Austria[48] 1 0 0%
Egypt[48][55] 1 0 0%
Italy[48] 1 0 0%
Lebanon[48][56] 1 0 0%
Thailand[57] 1 0 0%
Reported total 1342 513 38%
Saudi Arabia[edit]
MERS was also implicated in an outbreak in April 2014 in Saudi Arabia, where MERS has infected 688 people and 282 MERS-related deaths have been reported since 2012.In response to newly reported cases and deaths, and the resignation of four doctors at Jeddah’s King Fahd Hospital who refused to treat MERS patients for fear of infection, the government has removed the Minister of Health and set up three MERS treatment centers.18 more cases were reported in early May.In June 2014, Saudi Arabia announced 113 previously unreported cases of MERS, revising the death toll to 282.
A hospital-related outbreak in Riyadh in the summer of 2015 increased fears of an epidemic occurring during the annual Hajj pilgrimage that begins in late September. After a period of few cases, cases began increasing in the middle of the summer.The CDC placed the travel health alert to level 2, which calls for taking enhanced precautions.