International Journal of Preventive Medicine (Int J Prev Med)2008-780211720200909Estimated Rate of Neglected COVID‑19 Reporting According to Legal Surveillance System Implication on Problem of Disease Control20087802ENPrivate Academic PracticeHonorary Professor, Dr DY Patil University, Pune, Maharashtra & Visiting Professor, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, China20200909Dear Editor,<br />The number of confirmed Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID‑19) cases have been continuously increased since its first appearance in December 2019. The disease becomes pandemic and WHO already declared public health<br />emergency since 11th March 2020. An important public health manipulation for infection control is the systematic case registry.http://ijpm.mui.ac.ir/index.php/ijpm/article/view/2312http://ijpm.mui.ac.ir/index.php/ijpm/article/download/2312/717718154