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COVID-19 pandemic by country and territory

Details regarding the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic by country and territory

This article is about the status of the outbreak in different locations by continent and conveyance around the world. For further information, see National responses to the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID‑19 pandemic
Confirmed cases per 100,000 population as of 13 August 2020
  •   >3,000
  •   1,000–3,000
  •   300–1,000
  •   100–300
  •   30–100
  •   0–30
  •   None or no data
DiseaseCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‑19)
Virus strainSevere acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS‑CoV‑2)
SourceProbably bats, possibly via pangolins[1][2]
LocationWorldwide
First outbreakChina[3]
Index caseWuhan, Hubei, China
30°37′11″N 114°15′28″E / 30.61972°N 114.25778°E / 30.61972; 114.25778
Date1 December 2019 (2019-12-01)[3]–present
(8 months, 1 week and 6 days)
Confirmed cases20,905,891[4]
Active cases7,158,126[4]
Recovered12,992,176[4]
Deaths
755,589[4]
Territories
188[4]

This article provides a general overview and documents the status of locations affected by SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. The first human cases of COVID-19 were identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.

COVID-19 pandemic by country and territory Intro articles: 4
1 Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the strain of coronavirus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the respiratory illness responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. Colloquially known as simply the coronavirus, it was previously referred to by its provisional name, 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), and has also been called human coronavirus 2019. The World Health Organization declared the outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on 30 January 2020, and a pandemic on 11 March 2020.More
2 Coronavirus disease 2019
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‑19) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). It was first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, Hubei, China, and has resulted in an ongoing pandemic. As of 14 August 2020, more than 20.9 million cases have been reported across 188 countries and territories, resulting in more than 755,000 deaths. More than 12.9 million people have recovered.More
3 COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID‑19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‑19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‑CoV‑2). The outbreak was first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. The World Health Organization declared the outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on 30 January 2020 and a pandemic on 11 March. As of 14 August 2020, more than 20.9 million cases of COVID‑19 have been reported in more than 188 countries and territories, resulting in more than 755,000 deaths; more than 12.9 million people have recovered.More
4 Wuhan
Wuhan is the capital of Hubei Province in the People's Republic of China. It is the largest city in Hubei and the most populous city in Central China, with a population of over 11 million, the ninth-most populous Chinese city and one of the nine National Central Cities of China.More

Statistics

Total cases and deaths

Further information: COVID-19 pandemic cases, COVID-19 pandemic deaths, and COVID-19 pandemic death rates by country
Total confirmed cases per country as of 13 August 2020.
  •   1,000,000+
  •   100,000–999,999
  •   10,000–99,999
  •   1,000–9,999
  •   100–999
  •   1–99
  •   0

As of 05:36 UTC on 14 August 2020, a total of 20,905,891 cases are confirmed in more than 227 countries and territories,[4] and 26 cruise and naval ships.[5] There are 7,158,126 active cases and 755,589 deaths.[4]

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Location[a] Cases[b] Deaths[c] Recov.[d] Ref.
World[e] 20,905,891 755,589 12,992,176 [4]
United States[f] 5,324,602 168,930 2,679,694 [13]
Brazil[g] 3,224,876 105,463 2,356,640 [17][18]
India 2,396,637 47,033 1,695,982 [19]
Russia[h] 912,823 15,498 722,964 [20]
South Africa 572,865 11,270 437,617 [21]
Peru 498,555 21,713 335,756 [22][23]
Mexico 505,751 55,293 341,507 [24][25]
Colombia 422,519 13,837 239,785 [26]
Chile[i] 380,034 10,299 353,131 [30]
Iran 336,324 19,162 292,058 [31]
Spain[j] 329,784 28,579 150,376 [32]
United Kingdom[k] 313,798 41,347 No data [34]
Saudi Arabia 294,519 3,303 260,393 [35]
Pakistan 286,674 6,139 264,060 [36]
Argentina[l] 276,059 5,362 192,421 [38][39]
Bangladesh 269,115 3,557 154,871 [40][41]
Italy 252,235 35,231 202,923 [42][43]
Turkey 244,392 5,891 227,089 [44]
Germany[m] 220,931 9,276 199,477 [46][45]
France[n] 209,365 30,388 83,226 [47][48]
Iraq 164,277 5,641 117,208 [49]
Philippines 147,526 2,426 70,387 [50][51]
Indonesia 132,816 5,968 87,558 [52]
Canada[o] 121,234 9,015 107,553 [55]
Qatar 114,281 190 110,957 [56]
Kazakhstan 101,372 1,269 76,756 [57]
Ecuador 98,343 6,010 78,957 [58][59]
Egypt[p] 96,108 5,107 56,890 [60]
Bolivia 95,071 3,827 32,830 [61]
Israel[q] 88,733 643 64,674 [62]
Ukraine[r] 87,872 2,011 46,797 [63][64]
China[s] 84,786 4,634 79,462 [65]
Sweden 83,852 5,776 No data [66]
Oman 82,531 551 77,278 [67]
Dominican Republic 81,094 1,346 45,666 [68]
Panama 78,446 1,722 52,210 [69][70]
Belgium[t] 75,647 9,900 18,576 [72]
Kuwait 74,486 489 66,099 [73]
Belarus 69,203 599 66,178 [74]
Romania 66,631 2,860 31,547 [75]
United Arab Emirates 63,489 358 57,372 [76]
Guatemala 60,824 2,296 48,305 [77]
Netherlands[u] 60,627 6,161 No data [79][80]
Singapore 55,395 27 50,520 [81][82]
Poland 54,487 1,844 37,150 [83][84]
Portugal 53,548 1,770 39,177 [85]
Japan[v] 51,147 1,063 36,134 [86]
Honduras 49,042 1,542 7,032 [87][88]
Nigeria 47,743 956 33,943 [89]
Bahrain 45,264 167 41,836 [90]
Ghana 41,725 223 39,495 [91]
Kyrgyzstan 41,069 1,487 33,318 [92]
Armenia 41,023 809 33,897 [93]
Morocco[w] 37,935 584 26,687 [95]
Afghanistan 37,424 1,363 26,714 [96]
Switzerland[x] 37,403 1,715 32,800 [97][98]
Algeria 37,187 1,341 26,004 [99][100]
Azerbaijan[y] 33,824 497 31,058 [101]
Uzbekistan 33,093 215 26,270 [102]
Venezuela 30,369 259 21,385 [103]
Serbia[z] 28,751 658 22,299 [104]
Moldova[aa] 28,607 863 19,998 [105]
Kenya 28,104 456 14,610 [106]
Ireland[ab] 26,929 1,774 24,000 [107]
Costa Rica 26,129 272 8,412 [108]
Ethiopia 25,118 463 11,034 [109]
Nepal 24,957 95 16,837 [110][111]
Austria 22,594 725 20,346 [112]
Australia[ac] 22,358 361 12,996 [113]
El Salvador 22,314 595 10,455 [114]
Czech Republic 19,401 391 13,574 [115]
Cameroon 17,586 393 15,996 [116][117]
Ivory Coast 16,847 105 13,321 [118]
Palestine 15,491 105 9,186 [119]
Denmark[ad] 15,214 621 13,131 [120][121]
Bosnia and Herzegovina 15,184 458 9,156 [122]
South Korea 14,873 305 13,863 [123]
Bulgaria 13,893 482 8,479 [124][125]
Madagascar 13,522 162 11,780 [126]
North Macedonia 12,357 532 8,662 [127][128]
Sudan 12,115 792 6,305 [129][130]
Senegal 11,740 68 7,572 [131]
Kosovo 10,795 365 6,411 [132]
Puerto Rico 10,279 306 1,359 [133][134]
Norway[ae] 9,851 257 8,857 [137]
DR Congo[af] 9,589 234 8,480 [138]
Malaysia 9,129 125 8,821 [139]
Zambia 8,275 241 7,004 [140][141]
Guinea 8,018 50 7,020 [142][143]
Gabon 8,006 51 5,823 [144]
Tajikistan 7,912 63 6,696 [145][146]
Haiti 7,649 183 4,982 [147]
Finland[ag] 7,623 333 6,980 [150]
Paraguay 7,519 86 5,326 [151]
Lebanon 7,413 89 2,407 [152]
Luxembourg 7,242 122 6,222 [153]
Albania 6,817 208 3,552 [154]
Mauritania 6,598 157 5,704 [155]
Greece 6,381 221 3,804 [156]
Libya 6,302 132 740 [157][158]
Croatia 5,870 160 5,024 [159]
Maldives 5,366 21 2,874 [160]
Djibouti 5,358 59 5,150 [161]
Equatorial Guinea 4,821 83 2,182 [162]
Zimbabwe 4,818 104 1,544 [163][164]
Hungary 4,853 607 3,590 [165]
Malawi 4,912 153 2,550 [166]
Central African Republic 4,645 61 1,723 [167]
Hong Kong 4,313 66 3,295 [168]
Nicaragua 4,115 128 2,913 [83][169]
Montenegro 3,748 71 2,558 [170]
Congo[ah] 3,745 60 1,625 [171][172]
Namibia 3,544 27 848 [173][174]
Eswatini 3,410 63 1,720 [175]
Thailand 3,359 58 3,169 [176][177]
Somalia[ai] 3,221 93 1,599 [178]
Cuba[aj] 3,093 88 2,472 [179]
Cape Verde 2,920 33 2,148 [180]
Sri Lanka 2,881 11 2,638 [181]
Suriname 2,761 40 1,830 [182]
Slovakia 2,615 31 1,874 [183]
Mali 2,577 125 1,973 [184]
Mozambique 2,481 17 910 [185]
South Sudan 2,472 47 1,175 [186][187]
Lithuania 2,330 81 1,689 [188]
Slovenia 2,272 129 1,960 [189][190]
Estonia 2,174 63 1,979 [191]
Rwanda 2,171 7 1,478 [192][193]
Guinea-Bissau 2,088 29 1,015 [194]
Benin 2,001 38 1,681 [195]
Iceland 1,968 10 1,844 [196]
Donetsk PR[ak] 1,963 113 901 [197]
Sierra Leone 1,940 69 1,496 [198][199]
Yemen 1,841 528 937 [200]
Tunisia 1,738 52 1,272 [201]
Angola 1,735 80 575 [202]
Syria[al] 1,432 55 395 [203]
Uruguay[am] 1,409 37 1,180 [204]
The Gambia 1,346 32 227 [205]
Uganda 1,313 9 1,138 [206][207]
Latvia 1,293 32 1,078 [83][208]
Jordan 1,283 11 1,189 [209]
Cyprus[an] 1,277 20 870 [210]
Georgia[ao] 1,264 17 1,054 [211]
Liberia 1,252 82 738 [212]
New Zealand 1,220 22 1,176 [213]
Burkina Faso 1,211 54 990 [214][215]
Niger 1,158 69 1,062 [216]
Malta 1,112 9 688 [217]
USS Theodore Roosevelt[ap] 1,102 1 751 [218][219]
Togo 1,092 26 782 [220]
Bahamas 1,089 15 138 [221][222]
Charles de Gaulle[aq] 1,081 0 0 [223]
Jamaica 1,065 14 753 [227][228]
Andorra 963 52 839 [229]
Chad 945 76 843 [230]
Vietnam 911 21 425 [231]
Aruba 894 3 114 [232]
São Tomé and Príncipe 882 15 807 [233]
Somaliland[ar] 860 26 266 [234][235]
Lesotho 815 24 220 [236]
Diamond Princess[v] 712 14 653 [237][238]
San Marino 699 42 656 [239]
U.S. Virgin Islands 639 9 468 [240]
Guyana 631 22 202 [241]
Luhansk PR[ak] 621 15 586 [242]
Taiwan[as] 481 7 450 [244]
Guam[ap] 477 5 343 [13][245]
Burundi 408 1 315 [246]
Trinidad and Tobago 404 8 139 [247]
Comoros 399 7 379 [248]
Myanmar 361 6 318 [249]
Botswana[at] 360 3 120 [250][251]
Jersey 347 15 324 [252]
Mauritius 344 10 334 [253]
Faroe Islands 339 0 225 [254][255]
Isle of Man[au] 336 24 312 [256]
Mongolia 297 0 269 [257]
Belize 296 2 32 [258]
Eritrea 285 0 245 [259]
Cambodia 273 0 225 [260]
Papua New Guinea 269 3 78 [261]
Sint Maarten 263 17 102 [262]
Turks and Caicos Islands 258 2 53 [263]
Guernsey 252 13 238 [264]
Artsakh[av] 251 0 231 [265]
Cayman Islands 203 1 202 [266]
Gibraltar 203 0 187 [267]
Northern Cyprus[aw] 183 4 137 [268]
Bermuda 159 9 145 [269]
Costa Atlantica 148 0 148 [270][271]
Barbados 144 7 115 [272]
Abkhazia[ax] 143 3 45 [265]
Brunei 142 3 138 [273][274]
Monaco 138 4 113 [275]
Greg Mortimer[am] 128 1 No data [276][277]
French Polynesia 139 0 64 [278]
Bhutan 131 0 100 [279]
Seychelles 127 0 126 [280]
Antigua and Barbuda 92 3 76 [281]
South Ossetia[ay] 89 0 89 [265]
Liechtenstein 90 1 87 [282]
Saint Vincent[az] 57 0 52 [283]
Northern Mariana Islands 48 2 19 [284]
Macau 46 0 46 [285]
MS Roald Amundsen 36 0 0 [286]
Curaçao 32 1 30 [287]
Fiji 28 1 20 [288][289]
East Timor 25 0 24 [290]
Saint Lucia 25 0 25 [291][292]
Grenada 24 0 23 [293][294]
New Caledonia 23 0 22 [295]
Laos 20 0 19 [296]
Dominica 18 0 18 [297]
Saint Kitts and Nevis 17 0 17 [298]
Greenland 14 0 14 [299][300]
Falkland Islands 13 0 13 [301]
Montserrat 13 1 12 [302]
MS Zaandam[ba] 13 4 No data [305][306]
Coral Princess[bb] 12 3 No data [308]
Vatican City 12 0 12 [309]
British Virgin Islands 9 1 7 [310]
HNLMS Dolfijn[bc] 8 0 8 [311][314]
Bonaire 5 0 2 [315]
Saba 5 0 4 [316]
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 4 0 1 [317]
Anguilla 3 0 3 [318]
Sint Eustatius 2 0 2 [319]
Tanzania[bd] No data No data No data [321][322]
As of 13 August 2020 (UTC) · History of cases · History of deaths
Notes
  1. ^ Location: Countries, territories, and international conveyances where cases were diagnosed. The nationality of the infected and the origin of infection may vary. For some countries, cases are split into respective territories and noted accordingly.
  2. ^ Cases: This number shows the cumulative number of confirmed human cases reported to date. The actual number of infections and cases is likely to be higher than reported.[6] Reporting criteria and testing capacity vary between locations.
    The total number of cases may not necessarily represent an aggregate sum of all entries in this column as it relies on aggregate sources and not local sources.
  3. ^ Deaths: Reporting criteria vary between locations.
    The total number of deaths may not necessarily represent an aggregate sum of all entries in this column as it relies on aggregate sources and not local sources.
  4. ^ Recoveries: May not correspond to actual current figures and not all recoveries may be reported. Reporting criteria vary between locations.
    The total number of recoveries may not necessarily represent an aggregate sum of all entries in this column as it relies on aggregate sources and not local sources.
  5. ^ World
    1. Total numbers worldwide. Some locations, including North Korea, have yet to report cases.
  6. ^ United States
    1. Figures include cases identified on the Grand Princess.
    2. Figures do not include the unincorporated territories of Puerto Rico, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and U.S. Virgin Islands, all of which are listed separately.
    3. Not all states or overseas territories report recovery data.
    4. Cases include clinically diagnosed cases as per CDC guidelines.[7]
    5. Recoveries and deaths include probable deaths and people released from quarantine as per CDC guidelines.[8][9][10]
    6. Figures from the United States Department of Defense are only released on a branch-by branch basis since April 2020, without distinction between domestic and foreign deployment, and cases may be reported to local health authorities.[11]
    7. Cases for the USS Theodore Roosevelt, currently docked at Guam, are reported separate from national figures but included in the Navy's totals.
    8. There is also one case reported from Guantanamo Bay Naval Base not included in any other nation or territory's counts.[12] Since April 2020, the United States Department of Defense has directed all bases, including Guantanamo Bay, to not publish case statistics.[11]
  7. ^ Brazil
    1. Since 6 June, the Brazilian government has ordered the Ministry of Health to stop reporting the total number of deaths and active cases.[14][15] After this, the National Council of Health Secretaries assumed the function of reporting the total number of deaths and active cases.[16]
  8. ^ Russia
    1. Including cases from the disputed Crimea and Sevastopol.
    2. Excluding the cases from Diamond Princess cruise ship which are classified as "on an international conveyance".
  9. ^ Chile
    1. Including the special territory of Easter Island.
    2. The Chilean Ministry of Health considered all cases as "recovered" after 14 days since the initial symptoms of the virus, no matter the health situation of the infected or if following tests indicate the continuing presence of the virus. The only exception were casualties, which are not included as recovered.[27]
    3. Deaths only include cases with positive PCR tests and catalogued as "COVID-19 related death" by the Civil Registry and Identification Service. This number is informed on the daily reports of the Ministry of Health. A report with the total number of deaths, including suspected cases without PCR test, is released weekly since 20 June 2020.[28] In the latest report (7 August 2020), the number of total deaths is 13,939.[29]
  10. ^ Spain
    1. Excludes serology–confirmed cases.
  11. ^ United Kingdom
    1. Excluding all British Overseas Territories and Crown dependencies.
    2. As of 23 March 2020, the UK government does not publish the number of recoveries. The last update on 22 March reported 135 recovered patients.[33]
  12. ^ Argentina
    1. Excluding confirmed cases on the claimed territory of the Falkland Islands. Since 11 April, the Argentine Ministry of Health includes them in their official reports.[37]
  13. ^ Germany
    1. Not all state authorities count recoveries.[45]
    2. Recoveries include estimations by the Robert Koch Institute.[45][46]
  14. ^ France
    1. Including overseas regions of French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte and Réunion, and collectivities of Saint Barthélemy and Saint Martin.
    2. Excluding collectivities of New Caledonia, French Polynesia and Saint Pierre and Miquelon.
    3. Recoveries only include hospitalized cases.[47]
    4. Figures for total confirmed cases and total deaths include data from both hospital and nursing home (ESMS: établissements sociaux et médico-sociaux).[47]
  15. ^ Canada
    1. On 17 July 2020, Quebec, Canada, revised its criteria on recoveries. The Institut national de santé publique claims that "the previous method resulted in 'significant underestimations' of recovered cases."[53] This change resulted in a drop of active cases nationwide, from a total of 27,603 on 16 July to 4,058 on 17 July.[54]
  16. ^ Egypt
    1. Includes cases identified on the MS River Anuket.
  17. ^ Israel
    1. Including cases from the disputed Golan Heights.
    2. Excluding cases from the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
  18. ^ Ukraine
    1. Excluding cases from the disputed Crimea and Sevastopol. Cases in these territories are included in the Russian total.
    2. Excluding cases from the unrecognized Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics.
  19. ^ China
    1. Excluding 309 asymptomatic cases under medical observation as of 13 August 2020.
    2. Asymptomatic cases were not reported before 31 March 2020.
    3. Excluding Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau.
    4. Does not include Taiwan.
  20. ^ Belgium
    1. The number of deaths also includes untested cases and cases in retirement homes that presumably died because of COVID-19, whilst most countries only include deaths of tested cases in hospitals.[71]
  21. ^ Netherlands
    1. The Kingdom of the Netherlands consists of a) the Netherlands* [the country as opposed to the kingdom; listed here], which in turn includes the Caribbean Netherlands, that are made up of the special municipalities Bonaire*, Saba* and Sint Eustatius*; b) Aruba*; c) Curaçao*; and d) Sint Maarten*. All regions marked with an asterisk are listed separately.
    2. The Dutch Government agency RIVM, responsible for the constituent country the Netherlands, does not count its number of recoveries.[78]
  22. ^ a b Diamond Princess and Japan
    1. The British cruise ship Diamond Princess was in Japanese waters, and the Japanese administration was asked to manage its quarantine, with the passengers having not entered Japan. Therefore, this case is included in neither the Japanese nor British official counts. The World Health Organization classifies the cases as being located "on an international conveyance".
  23. ^ Morocco
    1. Including cases in the disputed Western Sahara territory controlled by Morocco. There are no confirmed cases in the rest of Western Sahara.[94]
  24. ^ Switzerland
    1. Recoveries are estimates by the Tribune de Genève.
  25. ^ Azerbaijan
    1. Excluding the self-declared state of Artsakh.
  26. ^ Serbia
    1. Excluding cases from the disputed territory of Kosovo.
  27. ^ Moldova
    1. Including the disputed territory of Transnistria.
  28. ^ Ireland
    1. Excluding confirmed cases and deaths in Northern Ireland.
  29. ^ Australia
    1. Excluding the cases from Diamond Princess cruise ship which are classified as "on an international conveyance". Ten cases, including one fatality recorded by the Australian government.
  30. ^ Denmark
    1. The autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands and Greenland are listed separately.
  31. ^ Norway
    1. Estimation of the number of infected:
      • As of 23 March 2020, according to figures from just over 40 per cent of all GPs in Norway, 20,200 patients have been registered with the "corona code" R991. The figure includes both cases where the patient has been diagnosed with coronavirus infection through testing, and where the GP has used the "corona code" after assessing the patient's symptoms against the criteria by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health.[135]
      • As of 24 March 2020, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health estimates that between 7,120 and 23,140 Norwegians are infected with the coronavirus.[136]
  32. ^ DR Congo
  33. ^ Finland
    1. Including the autonomous region of the Åland Islands.
    2. The number of recoveries is an estimate based on reported cases which were reported at least two weeks ago and there is no other monitoring data on the course of the disease.[148] The exact number of recoveries is not known, as only a small proportion of patients have been hospitalized.[149]
  34. ^ Congo
    1. Also known as the Republic of the Congo and not to be confused with the DR Congo.
  35. ^ Somalia
    1. Excluding the de facto state of Somaliland.
  36. ^ Cuba
    1. Includes cases on the MS Braemar.
    2. Excluding cases from Guantanamo Bay, which is governed by the United States.
  37. ^ a b Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republic
    1. Note that these territories are distinct from the Ukraine-administered regions of the Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts.
  38. ^ Syria
    1. Excluding cases from the disputed Golan Heights.
  39. ^ a b Greg Mortimer and Uruguay
    1. Although currently anchored off the coast of Uruguay, cases for the Greg Mortimer are currently reported separately. Six have been transferred inland for hospitalization.
  40. ^ Cyprus
  41. ^ Georgia
    1. Excluding the de facto states of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
  42. ^ a b Guam and USS Theodore Roosevelt
    1. Cases for the USS Theodore Roosevelt, currently docked at Guam, are reported separately.
  43. ^ Charles de Gaulle
    1. Including cases on the escort frigate Chevalier Paul.
    2. Florence Parly, Minister of the Armed Forces, reported to the National Assembly's National Defense and Armed Forces Committee [fr] that 2010 sailors of the carrier battle group led by Charles de Gaulle had been tested, with 1081 tests returning positive so far.[223] Many of these cases were aboard Charles de Gaulle, some of the cases were reportedly aboard French frigate Chevalier Paul, and it is unclear if any other ships in the battle group had cases on board.[224][225][226]
  44. ^ Somaliland
    1. Cases from this de facto state are not counted by Somalia.
  45. ^ Taiwan
    1. Including cases from the ROCS Pan Shi.[243]
  46. ^ Botswana
    1. 854 people who tested positive have been voluntarily repatriated to their respective countries and are not part of the confirmed case count as a result the Government of Botswana does not include the transferred-out cases.[250]
  47. ^ Isle of Man
    1. Recoveries are presumed. Defined as "An individual testing positive for coronavirus who completes the 14 day self-isolation period from the onset of symptoms who is at home on day 15, or an individual who is discharged from hospital following more severe symptoms."[256]
  48. ^ Artsakh
    1. Cases from this de facto state are not counted by Azerbaijan.
  49. ^ Northern Cyprus
    1. Cases from this de facto state are not counted by Cyprus.
  50. ^ Abkhazia
    1. Cases from this de facto state are not counted by Georgia.
  51. ^ South Ossetia
    1. Cases from this de facto state are not counted by Georgia.
  52. ^ Saint Vincent
    1. The sovereign state of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
  53. ^ MS Zaandam
    1. Including cases from MS Rotterdam.
    2. The MS Rotterdam rendezvoused with the Zaandam on 26 March off the coast of Panama City to provide support and evacuate healthy passengers. Both have since docked in Florida.[303][304]
    3. MS Zaandam and Rotterdam's numbers are currently not counted in any national figures.
  54. ^ Coral Princess
    1. The cruise ship Coral Princess has tested positive cases since early April 2020 and has since docked in Miami.[307]
    2. Coral Princess's numbers are currently not counted in any national figures.
  55. ^ HNLMS Dolfijn
    1. All 8 cases currently associated with Dolfijn were reported while the submarine was at sea in the waters between Scotland and the Netherlands.[311]
    2. It is unclear whether the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) is including these cases in their total count, but neither their daily update details nor their daily epidemiological situation reports appear to have mentioned the ship, with a breakdown of cases listing the twelve provinces of the country of the Netherlands (as opposed to the kingdom) accounting for all the cases in the total count.[312][313]
  56. ^ Tanzania
    1. Figures for Tanzania are "No data" as the country stopped publishing figures on coronavirus cases on 29 April.[320] Figures as of that date were 509 cases, 21 deaths, and 183 recoveries.[321][322]
Cases by country, plotted on a logarithmic scale[323]

Deaths per million

Main article: COVID-19 pandemic death rates by country
Total confirmed deaths per million of COVID-19 by country and territory:
  100+ deaths per million inhabitants
  10–100 deaths per million inhabitants
  1–10 deaths per million inhabitants
  0.1–1 deaths per million inhabitants
  0.01–0.1 deaths per million inhabitants
  No deaths or no data

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2 COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
The COVID-19 pandemic in the United States is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The first confirmed case of local transmission was recorded in January 2020, while the first known deaths were reported in February. By the end of March, cases had occurred in all 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and all inhabited U.S. territories except American Samoa.More
3 COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil
The COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil is part of the ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have spread to Brazil on 25 February 2020, when a man from São Paulo tested positive for the virus. On 19 June 2020, the country reported its 1 millionth case; at this time, there had been nearly 49,000 reported deaths. As of June 2020, Brazil has the second-highest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the world behind the United States. On 17 July 2020, the country reported its 2 millionth case.More
4 COVID-19 pandemic in India
The COVID-19 pandemic in India is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The first case of COVID-19 in India, which originated from China, was reported on 30 January 2020. India currently has the largest number of confirmed cases in Asia, and has the third highest number of confirmed cases in the world after the United States and Brazil with the number of total confirmed cases breaching the 100,000 mark on 19 May, 200,000 on 3 June, and 1,000,000 confirmed cases on 17 July 2020.More
5 COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
The COVID-19 pandemic in Russia is part of the ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have spread to Russia on 31 January 2020, when two Chinese citizens in Tyumen (Siberia) and Chita tested positive for the virus, with both cases being contained. Early prevention measures included restricting the border with China and extensive testing. The infection spread from Italy on 2 March, leading to additional measures such as cancelling events, closing schools, theatres, and museums, as well as shutting the border and declaring a non-working period which, after two extensions, lasted until 11 May 2020. By the end of March 2020, the vast majority of federal subjects, including Moscow, had imposed lockdowns. On 17 April 2020, cases were confirmed in all federal subjects. On 27 April 2020 the number of confirmed cases surpassed those in China.More
6 COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa
The COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa is part of the ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. On 5 March 2020, Minister of Health Zweli Mkhize confirmed the spread of the virus to South Africa, with the first known patient being a male citizen who tested positive upon his return from Italy. The first death to have occurred from the disease was reported on 27 March 2020. As of August 2020, South Africa has the highest number of COVID-19 cases in Africa and the fifth highest number of infections worldwide, but with a relatively low death rate.More
7 COVID-19 pandemic in Peru
The COVID-19 pandemic in Peru is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was reported to have spread to Peru on 6 March 2020, when a 25-year-old man who had travelled to Spain, France, and the Czech Republic tested positive. On 15 March 2020, President Martín Vizcarra announced a country-wide lockdown, closing borders, restricting domestic travel, and forbidding nonessential business operations—excluding health facilities, food vendors, pharmacies, and financial institutions.More
8 COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico
The COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have reached Mexico in February 2020. However, the National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT) reported two cases of COVID-19 in mid-January 2020 in the states of Nayarit and Tabasco, one case per state. As of August 13, there had been 505,751 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Mexico and 55,293 reported deaths, although the Secretariat of Health, through the "Programa Centinela" estimated in mid July 2020 that there were more than 2,875,734 cases in Mexico, because they were considering the total number of cases confirmed as a statistical sample.More
9 COVID-19 pandemic in Colombia
The COVID-19 pandemic in Colombia is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have reached Colombia on 6 March 2020. As of 17 March, Colombia is denying entry to those who are not Colombian citizens, permanent residents or diplomats.More
10 COVID-19 pandemic in Chile
The COVID-19 pandemic in Chile is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have reached Chile in March 2020. While initial cases had been imported from South East Asia and Europe, they expanded into a sizeable quantity of untraceable infections, placing the country within phase 4 of the pandemic as defined by the World Health Organization, and surpassing a thousand confirmed cases on 25 March 2020.More
11 COVID-19 pandemic in Iran
The COVID-19 pandemic in Iran is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. On 19 February 2020, Iran reported its first confirmed cases of infections in Qom. The virus may have been brought to the country by a merchant from Qom who had travelled to China.More
12 COVID-19 pandemic in Spain
The COVID-19 pandemic in Spain is part of the pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was first confirmed to have spread to Spain on 31 January 2020, when a German tourist tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in La Gomera, Canary Islands. Post-hoc genetic analysis has shown that at least 15 strains of the virus had been imported, and community transmission began by mid-February. By 13 March, cases had been confirmed in all 50 provinces of the country.More
13 COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
The COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus reached the country in late January 2020. As of 12 August 2020 there have been 313,798 confirmed cases and 41,329 deaths of confirmed cases, the world's second-highest death rate per capita among major countries. There were 56,770 deaths where the death certificate mentioned COVID-19 by 31 July. More than 90% of those dying had underlying illnesses or were over 60 years old. The infection rate is higher in care homes than in the community. There is large regional variation in the outbreak's severity. In March, London had the highest number of infections while North East England has the highest infection rate. England is the country of the UK with the highest recorded death rate per capita, while Northern Ireland has the lowest. Healthcare in the UK is devolved to each country.More
14 COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia
The COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. On 2 March 2020, the Ministry of Health confirmed the first case in Saudi Arabia. By 8 April, as many as 150 members of the Saudi royal family had tested positive including the king's nephew, Faisal bin Bandar Al Saud, who has been put in the ICU of an elite hospital over coronavirus complications.More
15 COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan
The COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan is part of the ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have reached Pakistan on 26 February 2020, when two cases were recorded. On 18 March, cases had been registered in all four provinces, the two autonomous territories, and the of Islamabad., and by 17 June, each district in Pakistan had recorded at least one confirmed case of COVID-19.More
16 COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina
The COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. On 3 March 2020, the virus was confirmed to have spread to Argentina. As of 13 August 2020 a total of 276,059 people were confirmed to have been infected, and 5,362 people were known to have died because of the virus.More
17 COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh
The COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have spread to Bangladesh in March 2020. The first three known cases were reported on 8 March 2020 by the country's epidemiology institute, IEDCR. Since then, the pandemic has spread day by day over the whole nation and the number of affected people has been increasing.More
18 COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
The COVID-19 pandemic in Italy is part of the pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was first confirmed to have spread to Italy on 31 January 2020, when two Chinese tourists in Rome tested positive for the virus. One week later an Italian man repatriated back to Italy from the city of Wuhan, China, was hospitalised and confirmed as the third case in Italy. A cluster of cases was later detected, starting with 16 confirmed cases in Lombardy on 21 February, and 60 additional cases and the first deaths on 22 February. By the beginning of March, the virus had spread to all regions of Italy. On 6 March 2020, the Italian College of Anesthesia, Analgesia, Resuscitation and Intensive Care (SIAARTI) published medical ethics recommendations regarding triage protocols that might need to be employed.More
19 COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey
The COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey is part of the ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The disease was confirmed to have reached Turkey on 11 March 2020, after a man who had returned to Turkey from Europe, tested positive. The first death due to COVID-19 in the country occurred on 15 March 2020 and by 1 April, it was confirmed that COVID-19 had spread all over Turkey. On 14 April 2020, the head of the Turkish Ministry of Health Fahrettin Koca announced that the spread of the virus in Turkey has reached its peak in the fourth week and started to slow down.More
20 COVID-19 pandemic in Germany
The COVID-19 pandemic in Germany is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. On 27 January 2020, the first case in Germany was confirmed near Munich, Bavaria. The majority of cases in January and early February originated from the same automobile-parts manufacturer as the first case. On 25 and 26 February, multiple cases related to the Italian outbreak were detected in Baden-Württemberg. A large cluster linked to a carnival event was formed in Heinsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, with the first death reported on 9 March 2020. New clusters were introduced in other regions via Heinsberg as well as via people arriving from China, Iran and Italy, from where non-Germans could arrive by plane until 17–18 March.More
21 COVID-19 pandemic in France
The COVID-19 pandemic in France is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have reached France on 24 January 2020, when the first COVID-19 case in both Europe and France was identified in Bordeaux. The first five confirmed cases were all individuals who had recently arrived from China. A Chinese tourist who was admitted to hospital in Paris on 28 January died on 14 February, making it the first COVID-19 death in France as well as the first COVID-19 death outside Asia. A key event in the spread of the disease across Metropolitan France as well as its overseas territories was the annual assembly of the Christian Open Door Church between 17 and 24 February in Mulhouse which was attended by about 2,500 people, at least half of whom are believed to have contracted the virus. On 4 May, retroactive testing of samples in one French hospital showed that a patient was probably already infected with the virus on 27 December, almost a month before the first officially confirmed case.More
22 COVID-19 pandemic in Iraq
The COVID-19 pandemic in Iraq is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. During the pandemic, Iraq reported its first confirmed cases of SARS-CoV-2 infections on 22 February in Najaf. By April, the number of confirmed cases had exceeded the hundred mark in Baghdad, Basra, Sulaymaniyah, Erbil and Najaf.More
23 COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines
The COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The first case in the Philippines was identified on January 30, 2020 and involved a 38-year-old Chinese woman who was confined at San Lazaro Hospital in Metro Manila. On February 1, a posthumous test result from a 44-year-old Chinese man turned out positive for the virus, making the Philippines the first country outside China to record a confirmed death from the disease.More
24 COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia
The COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. It was confirmed to have spread to Indonesia on 2 March 2020, after a dance instructor and her mother tested positive for the virus. Both were infected from a Japanese national.More
25 COVID-19 pandemic in Canada
The COVID-19 pandemic in Canada is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have reached Canada on January 27, 2020, after an individual who had returned to Toronto from Wuhan, Hubei, China, tested positive. As of July 28, 2020, there have been approximately 115,000 confirmed cases, over 100,100 recoveries and 8,900 deaths in the country. The Government of Canada has released modelling anticipating 11,000–22,000 deaths over the course of the pandemic, assuming "stronger epidemic control".More
26 COVID-19 pandemic in Qatar
The COVID-19 pandemic in Qatar is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The first case in Qatar was confirmed on 27 February 2020. As of 13 August 2020, relative to its population, Qatar has the highest number of confirmed cases of any country in the world, and the second-highest total of confirmed cases in the Arab world after Saudi Arabia at 114,281. The total recoveries stand at 110,957, with total deaths reported at 190. As such, there are 3,134 active cases under treatment. The total number of tests performed in Qatar was 538,602.More
27 COVID-19 pandemic in Kazakhstan
The COVID-19 pandemic in Kazakhstan is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have reached Kazakhstan on 13 March 2020. It involved two Kazakh citizens in Almaty who were recently returned from Germany. That same day, two more cases were confirmed with one female arriving from Italy in Nur-Sultan and the other from Germany in Almaty as well.More
28 COVID-19 pandemic in Ecuador
The COVID-19 pandemic in Ecuador is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was reported to have spread to Ecuador on 29 February 2020 when a woman in her 70s tested positive for the virus. Ecuador was described in April as emerging as a possible "epicentre" of the pandemic in Latin America, with the city of Guayaquil overwhelmed to the point where bodies were being left in the street. However, the country now ranks just seventh in the number of confirmed cases in South America, having been eclipsed by Brazil, Peru, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, and Argentina.More
29 COVID-19 pandemic in Egypt
The COVID-19 pandemic in Egypt is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have reached Egypt on 14 February 2020.More
30 COVID-19 pandemic in Bolivia
The COVID-19 pandemic in Bolivia is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have spread to Bolivia on 10 March 2020, when its first two cases were confirmed in the departments of Oruro and Santa Cruz.More
31 COVID-19 pandemic in Israel
The COVID-19 pandemic in Israel is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The first case in Israel was confirmed on 21 February 2020, when a female citizen tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 at the Sheba Medical Center after return from quarantine on the Diamond Princess ship in Japan. As a result, a 14-day home isolation rule was instituted for anyone who had visited South Korea or Japan, and a ban was placed on non-residents and non-citizens who were in South Korea for 14 days before their arrival.More
32 COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine
The COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have spread to Ukraine when the country's first case was confirmed to be hospitalized in Chernivtsi Oblast on 3 March 2020, a man who had travelled from Italy to Romania by plane and then arrived in Ukraine by car.More
33 COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China
On 26 July, China saw its highest number of daily cases since March.More
34 COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden
The COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden is part of the pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have reached Sweden on 31 January 2020, when a woman returning from Wuhan tested positive. On 26 February, following outbreaks in Italy and in Iran, multiple travel-related clusters appeared in Sweden. Community transmission was confirmed on 9 March in the Stockholm region. Since then, individuals in every län (county) have tested positive for COVID-19. The first death was reported on 11 March in Stockholm, a case of community transmission. However, it's believed that the virus could have reached Sweden as early as December 2019, when several individuals sought care for respiratory illness in Falun after contact with an individual with recent travel history to Wuhan.More
35 COVID-19 pandemic in Oman
The COVID-19 pandemic in Oman is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have reached Oman on 24 February 2020 when two citizens tested positive for COVID-19 after returning from Iran. As of 20 July, the total number of cases registered in the sultanate is 68,400, of which above 60%; 45,150 cases have recovered and 326 have died. Initially, the majority of the cases and deaths occurred in the expatriate community. By July, as the pandemic entered its fourth month in the country, the majority of the cases and deaths had occurred among the citizens.More
36 COVID-19 pandemic in the Dominican Republic
The COVID-19 pandemic in the Dominican Republic is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have reached the Dominican Republic on 1 March 2020.More
37 COVID-19 pandemic in Panama
The COVID-19 pandemic in Panama is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have spread to Panama on 9 March 2020. One of the dead was a 64-year-old male, who also suffered from complications of diabetes and pneumonia. Of those infected, 83 were admitted to hospital. The infected individuals belong to the 29-59 age group and had each recently travelled abroad. A 13-year-old girl died of COVID-19 on 23 March. As of 13 August 2020, Panama reported 78,446 cases, 1,722 deaths, and 52,210 recoveries.More
38 COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium
The COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium forms part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have spread to Belgium on 4 February 2020, when a Belgian national out of a group of nine Belgians repatriated from Wuhan to Brussels was reported to have tested positive for the coronavirus. Transmission within Belgium was then confirmed in early March; authorities linked this to holidaymakers returning from Northern Italy at the end of the half-term holidays. The epidemic increased rapidly in March–April 2020. By the end of March all 10 provinces of the country had registered cases.More
39 COVID-19 pandemic in Kuwait
The COVID-19 pandemic in Kuwait is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The first confirmed case in Kuwait was announced on 24 February 2020. As of 13 August, there are 74,486 confirmed cases of COVID-19, with 66,099 recoveries and 489 deaths.More
40 COVID-19 pandemic in Belarus
The COVID-19 pandemic in Belarus is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have spread to Belarus, when the first case of COVID-19 in the country was registered in Minsk on 28 February 2020.More
41 COVID-19 pandemic in Romania
The COVID-19 pandemic in Romania is part of the ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have reached Romania on 26 February 2020, when the first case in Gorj County was confirmed.More
42 COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates
The COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The first confirmed case in the United Arab Emirates was announced on 29 January 2020. It was the first country in the Middle East to report a confirmed case.More
43 COVID-19 pandemic in Guatemala
The COVID-19 pandemic in Guatemala is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have reached Guatemala in March 2020.More
44 COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands
The COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands is part of the ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have spread to the Netherlands on 27 February 2020, when its first COVID-19 case was confirmed in Tilburg. It involved a 56-year-old Dutchman who had arrived in the Netherlands from Italy, where the COVID-19 pandemic seemed to enter Europe. As of the 7th of August, there are 56,982 confirmed cases of infections and 6,153 confirmed deaths. The first death occurred on 6 March, when an 86-year-old patient died in Rotterdam.More
45 COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore
The COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The first case in Singapore was confirmed on 23 January. Early cases were primarily imported until local transmission began to develop in February and March. By late-March and April, COVID-19 clusters were detected at multiple dormitories for foreign workers, which soon contributed to an overwhelming proportion of new cases in the country. Singapore currently has the third highest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Southeast Asia, behind Indonesia and the Philippines.More
46 COVID-19 pandemic in Poland
The COVID-19 pandemic in Poland is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. In February and March 2020, health authorities in Poland carried out laboratory testing of suspected cases of infection by SARS-CoV-2, one of the seven known human coronaviruses, as well as home quarantining and monitoring. The first case of a laboratory confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection in Poland was that of a man hospitalised in Zielona Góra, with confirmation announced officially on 4 March 2020. The local transmission phase of SARS-CoV-2 in Poland was declared to the World Health Organization on 10 March. The first death from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Poland was that of a 56-year-old woman on 12 March. Polish authorities did not participate in the 28 February 2020 European Union tender procedure for purchasing COVID-19 pandemic related medical equipment, in which 20 other member states participated. Poland applied on 6 March for the 17 March tender for the purchase of gloves, goggles, face shields, surgical masks and protective clothing; the European Commission stated that all requests in the tender were satisfied by offers.More
47 COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal
The COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. On 2 March 2020, the virus was confirmed to have reached Portugal, when it was reported that two men, a 60-year-old doctor who travelled to the north of Italy on vacation and a 33-year-old man working in Spain, tested positive for COVID-19.More
48 COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
The COVID-19 pandemic in Japan is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The Japanese government confirmed its first outbreak of the disease in the country on 15 January 2020 in a resident of Kanagawa Prefecture who had returned from Wuhan, China. This was followed by a second outbreak that was introduced by travelling passengers and returnees from Europe and the United States between 11 March and 23 March. According to the National Institute of Infectious Diseases (Japan), the majority of viruses spreading in Japan derive from the European type while those of the Wuhan type have been disappearing since March.More
49 COVID-19 pandemic in Honduras
The COVID-19 pandemic in Honduras is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was first confirmed to have spread to Honduras on 10 March 2020, when two women tested positive for the disease after one of them landed on Toncontín International Airport in a flight from Madrid, Spain and the other on Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport in a flight from Geneva, Switzerland. As of 13 August 2020, there are 49,042 confirmed cases in the country, with the majority of cases located in Cortés and Francisco Morazán. Confirmed cases have been reported in all 18 departments of the country.More
50 COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria
The COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The first confirmed case in Nigeria was announced on 27 February 2020, when an Italian citizen in Lagos tested positive for the virus. On 9 March 2020, a second case of the virus was reported in Ewekoro, Ogun State, a Nigerian citizen who had contact with the Italian citizen.More
51 COVID-19 pandemic in Bahrain
The COVID-19 pandemic in Bahrain is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have reached Bahrain on 21 February 2020. As of 9 August, there have been a total of 43,629 confirmed cases, of which 40,549 have recovered and 161 have died. A total of 892,926 tests were conducted.More
52 COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana
The COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The first two cases in Ghana were confirmed on 12 March 2020, when two infected people came to Ghana, one from Norway and the other from Turkey.More
53 COVID-19 pandemic in Kyrgyzstan
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Kyrgyzstan in March 2020.More
54 COVID-19 pandemic in Armenia
The COVID-19 pandemic in Armenia is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have reached Armenia on 1 March 2020 when its first case was reported. The disease, coronavirus disease 2019, caused by a novel virus known as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, has spread to all of the regions (marz) of Armenia and has caused 719 deaths.More
55 COVID-19 pandemic in Morocco
The COVID-19 pandemic in Morocco is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have spread to Morocco on 2 March 2020, when the first case COVID-19 case was confirmed in Casablanca. It involved a Moroccan expatriate residing in Bergamo, Italy who arrived from Italy on 27 February. A second case was confirmed later that same day involving an 89-year-old woman Moroccan residing in Italy who had returned to Morocco on 25 February from Bologna, Italy.As the outbreak widened in Morocco, in mid-March the Government closed schools and suspended international passenger flights.More
56 COVID-19 pandemic in Afghanistan
The COVID-19 pandemic in Afghanistan is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have spread to Afghanistan when its index case, in Herat, was confirmed on 24 February 2020.More
57 COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland
The COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have spread to Switzerland on 25 February 2020 when the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed following a COVID-19 outbreak in Italy. A 70-year-old man in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino which borders Italy, tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. The man had previously visited Milan. Afterwards, multiple cases related to the Italy clusters were discovered in multiple cantons, including Basel-City, Zürich, and Graubünden. Multiple isolated cases not related to the Italy clusters were also subsequently confirmed.More
58 COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria
The COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have spread to Algeria in February 2020.More
59 COVID-19 pandemic in Azerbaijan
The COVID-19 pandemic in Azerbaijan is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have spread to Azerbaijan when its first case was confirmed in February 2020.More
60 COVID-19 pandemic in Uzbekistan
The COVID-19 pandemic in Uzbekistan is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have spread to Uzbekistan when its first case was confirmed on 15 March 2020, an Uzbek citizen returning from France. Uzbekistan's Health Ministry has a list of people who were in contact with the victim, with plans to quarantine them.More
61 COVID-19 pandemic in Venezuela
The COVID-19 pandemic in Venezuela is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The first two cases in Venezuela were confirmed on 13 March 2020; the first death was reported on 26 March. However, the first record of a patient claiming to have symptoms of coronavirus disease dates back to 29 February 2020, with government officials suspecting that the first person carrying the virus could have entered the country as early as 25 February.More
62 COVID-19 pandemic in Serbia
The COVID-19 pandemic in Serbia is a current outbreak of the disease COVID-19 in Serbia caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2. Its first case in Serbia was reported on 6 March 2020, and confirmed by Minister of Health Zlatibor Lončar, the case was a 43-year-old man from Bačka Topola who had travelled to Budapest.More
63 COVID-19 pandemic in Moldova
The COVID-19 pandemic in Moldova is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have reached the Republic of Moldova on 7 March 2020, when a Moldovan woman that returned from Italy was tested positive for the novel coronavirus. As the number of infected people started to rise during the next days, on 17 March 2020 the Parliament declared the state of emergency for the entire territory of the Republic of Moldova for a period of 60 days. On 18 March 2020 the first death caused by COVID-19 was registered. On 23 March 2020 the total number of confirmed cases surpassed 100 and on 7 April 2020 this number exceeded 1000. By 10 April 2020, cases had been confirmed in all the regions of the country, including the Transnistrian region. On 27 April 2020, the total number of deaths surpassed 100.More
64 COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya
The COVID-19 pandemic reached Kenya on March 15, 2020 with the initial cases reported in the capital city Nairobi and in the coastal area Mombasa county.on 23rd July Kenya confirmed 15 thousand cases 6 thousand recovered. While the pandemic has spread, relative to other countries the situation has remained "pretty tame".More
65 COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland
The COVID-19 pandemic reached the Republic of Ireland on 29 February 2020, and within three weeks had spread to all counties. The pandemic affected many aspects of society. On 12 March, the government shut all schools, colleges, childcare facilities and cultural institutions, and advised cancelling large gatherings. St Patrick's Day festivities were called off, and the Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, addressed the nation that night. On 24 March, almost all businesses, venues, facilities and amenities were shut; but gatherings of up to four were allowed. Three days later, the government banned all "non-essential" travel and contact with people outside one's home. The elderly and those with certain health conditions were told to cocoon. People were made to keep apart in public. The Garda Síochána were given power to enforce the measures, which were repeatedly extended until 18 May.More
66 COVID-19 pandemic in Costa Rica
The COVID-19 pandemic in Costa Rica is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have spread to Costa Rica on 6 March 2020, after a 49-year-old woman tourist from New York, United States, tested positive for the virus.More
67 COVID-19 pandemic in Ethiopia
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Ethiopia on 13 March 2020. The national government led Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed declared a five-month state of emergency in April 2020 but has allowed economic activities to continue during the public health crisis.More
68 COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal
The COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The first case in Nepal was confirmed on 23 January 2020 when a 31-year-old student, who had returned to Kathmandu from Wuhan on 9 January, tested positive for the disease. It was also the first recorded case of COVID-19 in South Asia. Between January and March, Nepal took steps to prevent a widespread outbreak of the disease while preparing for it by procuring essential supplies, equipment and medicine, upgrading health infrastructure, training medical personnel, and spreading public awareness. The first case of local transmission was confirmed on 4 April in Kailali District. The first death occurred on 14 May. A country-wide lockdown came into effect on 24 March 2020, and ended on 21 July 2020. As of 9 August 2020, the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) has confirmed a total of 22,972 cases, 16,353 recoveries, and 75 deaths in the country. In the meantime, 443,804 PCR tests have been performed in 37 laboratories across the country. The viral disease has been detected in all provinces and districts of the country, with Province No. 2 and Rautahat being the worst hit province and district respectively. As for Nepalese abroad, the Non-Resident Nepali Association has reported a total of 12,667 confirmed cases, 16,190 recoveries, and 161 deaths across 35 countries.More
69 COVID-19 pandemic in Austria
The COVID-19 pandemic in Austria is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. In Austria, a pair of cases were confirmed on 25 February 2020. The cases involved a 24-year-old man and a 24-year-old woman who were travelling from Lombardy, Italy, and were treated at a hospital in Innsbruck. According to new figures released by Austrian authorities on 23 June, the first case in the country was recorded in Ischgl, Tyrol on 8 February.More
70 COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
The COVID-19 pandemic in Australia is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of the coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The first confirmed case in Australia was identified on 25 January 2020, in Victoria, when a man who had returned from Wuhan, China, tested positive for the virus.More
71 COVID-19 pandemic in El Salvador
The COVID-19 pandemic in El Salvador is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have reached El Salvador on 18 March 2020. As of 13 August 2020, El Salvador reported 22,314 cases, 595 deaths, and 10,455 recoveries. As of that date El Salvador had arrested a total of 2,424 people for violating quarantine orders, and 266,079 people had been tested for the virus. On 31 March 2020, the first COVID-19 death in El Salvador was confirmed.More
72 COVID-19 pandemic in the Czech Republic
The COVID-19 pandemic in the Czech Republic is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The first three confirmed cases in the Czech Republic were reported on 1 March 2020. On 12 March, the government declared a state of emergency, for the first time in the country's modern history for the area of the entire country. On 16 March, the country closed its borders, forbade the entry of foreigners and issued a nationwide curfew. While originally planned until 24 March, the measures were later extended until 1 April and then again until the end of State of Emergency which was extended by the Chamber of Deputies until 30 April 2020 and then again until 17 May 2020.More
73 COVID-19 pandemic in Cameroon
The COVID-19 pandemic in Cameroon is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have reached Cameroon in March 2020.More
74 COVID-19 pandemic in Ivory Coast
The COVID-19 pandemic in Ivory Coast is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have reached Ivory Coast in March 2020.More
75 COVID-19 pandemic in the State of Palestine
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have spread to the West Bank on 5 March 2020, beginning the COVID-19 pandemic in Palestine. The Palestinian health ministry said the cases had first been detected at a hotel in the Bethlehem area, where a group of Greek tourists had visited the hotel in late February, with two later diagnosed with the virus.More
76 COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark
The COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was first confirmed to have spread to Denmark on 27 February 2020. As of 13 August 2020, there have been 15,576 confirmed cases. Among these, 623 people have died, 13,356 have recovered, and 13 are in hospital, including 1 in intensive care.More
77 COVID-19 pandemic in Bosnia and Herzegovina
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Bosnia and Herzegovina on 5 March 2020 in a patient in Banja Luka, who had been in Italy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Later the same day, a second case was reported who was the son of the first case. On 21 March, the first death in the country from COVID-19 was announced in a hospital in Bihać. The patient was an elderly woman who had been hospitalized two days before.More
78 COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea
The COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. On 20 January 2020, the first case in South Korea was announced. The number of confirmed cases increased on 19 February by 20, and on 20 February by 58 or 70, giving a total of 346 confirmed cases on 21 February 2020, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Korea (KCDC), with the sudden jump mostly attributed to "Patient 31" who participated in a gathering at a Shincheonji Church of Jesus the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony church in Daegu.More
79 COVID-19 pandemic in Bulgaria
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have spread to Bulgaria when the country's first case was confirmed on 8 March 2020, a 27-year-old man from Pleven and a 75-year-old woman from Gabrovo. Neither of the two had traveled to areas with known coronavirus cases. The man tested positive for the virus after being hospitalized for a respiratory infection, and authorities announced plans to test several people who were in contact with the two individuals. Two other samples in Pleven and Gabrovo were positive on 8 March. Patient zero remains unknown.More
80 COVID-19 pandemic in Madagascar
The COVID-19 pandemic in Madagascar is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). On 20 March 2020, the first case in Madagascar was confirmed in Antananarivo.More
81 COVID-19 pandemic in North Macedonia
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82 COVID-19 pandemic in Sudan
The COVID-19 pandemic in Sudan is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have reached Sudan in March 2020.More
83 COVID-19 pandemic in Senegal
The COVID-19 pandemic in Senegal is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have reached Senegal on March 2, 2020.More
84 COVID-19 pandemic in Kosovo
This article documents the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic (COVID-19) in Kosovo.More
85 COVID-19 pandemic in Puerto Rico
The COVID-19 pandemic in Puerto Rico is an ongoing viral pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a novel infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). It is part of the 2019–20 worldwide coronavirus pandemic.More
86 COVID-19 pandemic in Norway
The COVID-19 pandemic in Norway is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. On 26 February 2020, the virus was confirmed to have spread to Norway. The number of cases increased rapidly during the month of March, thereby necessitating a number of safety measures aiming to achieve physical distancing to be introduced on 12 March. The first death attributed to COVID-19 was documented on the same day. Most confirmed cases that were traced to outside Norway were Norwegian tourists returning from Austria and Italy.More
87 COVID-19 pandemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The COVID-19 pandemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have reached the Democratic Republic of the Congo on 10 March 2020. The first few confirmed cases were all outside arrivals.More
88 COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia
The COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have reached Malaysia in January 2020, when it was detected on travellers from China arriving via Singapore on 25 January, following the outbreak of COVID-19 in Hubei, China. Reported cases remained relatively low and were largely confined to imported cases, until localised clusters began to emerge in March; the largest cluster was linked to a Tablighi Jamaat religious gathering held in Sri Petaling, Kuala Lumpur in late February and early March, leading to massive spikes in local cases and an exportation of cases to neighbouring countries. Within a few weeks, Malaysia had recorded the largest cumulative number of confirmed COVID-19 infections in Southeast Asia, breaching the 2,000 active cases mark by the end of March, from fewer than 30 cases at the beginning of the month. By 16 March, the virus was reported in every state and federal territory in the country.More
89 COVID-19 pandemic in Zambia
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Zambia in March 2020.More
90 COVID-19 pandemic in Guinea
The COVID-19 pandemic in Guinea is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have reached Guinea in March 2020.More
91 COVID-19 pandemic in Gabon
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Gabon in March 2020.More
92 COVID-19 pandemic in Tajikistan
The COVID-19 pandemic in Tajikistan is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have spread to Tajikistan when its index cases, in Dushanbe and Khujand, were confirmed on 30 April 2020.More
93 COVID-19 pandemic in Haiti
The COVID-19 pandemic in Haiti is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have reached Haiti in March 2020. The index case was in Port-au-Prince. As of 28 July 2020, there are 7,340 total confirmed cases, 2,817 active cases, 17,748 suspected cases, with 158 deaths and 4,365 recoveries.More
94 COVID-19 pandemic in Finland
The COVID-19 pandemic in Finland is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. On 29 January 2020, the first case in Finland was confirmed, when a Chinese tourist visiting Ivalo from Wuhan tested positive for the virus.More
95 COVID-19 pandemic in Paraguay
The COVID-19 pandemic in Paraguay is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to Paraguay on 7 March 2020 in a 32-year-old man from Guayaquil, Ecuador, living in San Lorenzo, Central department.More
96 COVID-19 pandemic in Lebanon
The COVID-19 pandemic in Lebanon is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have reached Lebanon in February 2020. As of 10 June 2020, some of the hardest-hit cities and towns in the country include Beirut and its metropolitan area, Bcharre in the north of the country and Majdel Anjar in the Beqaa Governorate.More
97 COVID-19 pandemic in Luxembourg
The COVID-19 pandemic in Luxembourg is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have reached Luxembourg on 29 February 2020. As of 26 July 2020, there are 6,272 confirmed cases, with 112 deaths and 4,647 recoveries in Luxembourg.More
98 COVID-19 pandemic in Albania
The COVID-19 pandemic in Albania is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The first case in the Republic of Albania was reported in Tirana on 8 March 2020, when a patient and its child who had come from Florence, Italy was tested positive. As of 22 July, there have been reported 4,290 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Albania, resulting in 117 deaths; 2,397 people have recovered.More
99 COVID-19 pandemic in Mauritania
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Mauritania in March 2020.More
100 COVID-19 pandemic in Greece
The COVID-19 pandemic in Greece is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The first case in Greece was confirmed on 26 February 2020, when a 38-year-old woman from Thessaloniki who had recently visited Νorthern Italy, was confirmed to be infected. Subsequent cases in late February and early March related to people who had travelled to Italy and a group of pilgrims who had travelled to Israel and Egypt, as well as their contacts. The first death from COVID-19 in Greece was a 66-year-old man, who died on 12 March. As of 13 August 2020, there have been 6381 confirmed cases and 221 deaths. Since the opening of the Greek borders to tourists at the end of June 2020, the daily number of confirmed cases announced has included those detected following tests at the country's entry points.More
101 COVID-19 pandemic in Libya
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have spread to Libya on 24 March 2020, when the first case was officially confirmed in Tripoli.More
102 COVID-19 pandemic in Croatia
The COVID-19 pandemic in Croatia is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The first case in the Republic of Croatia was reported in Zagreb on 25 February, when a patient who had come from Italy was tested positive. The same day, the second case related to the first one was confirmed. In March 2020, a cluster of cases were reported in numerous Croatian cities. On 12 March, the first recovery was reported, and on 18 March, the first death from the virus was confirmed.More
103 COVID-19 pandemic in the Maldives
The COVID-19 pandemic in the Maldives is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have spread to the Maldives on 7 March 2020 from a 69-year-old Italian tourist who had returned to Italy after spending holidays in Kuredu Resort & Spa. The Health Protection Agency of the Maldives confirmed two cases in the Maldives, both employees of the resort. Following this, the hotel was locked down with several tourists stranded on the island. As of 11 March, the islands resorts of Kuredu, Vilamendhoo, Batalaa and Kuramathi island have also been placed under temporary quarantine. Schools have been closed as a precaution.More
104 COVID-19 pandemic in Djibouti
The COVID-19 pandemic in Djibouti is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus spread to Djibouti in March 2020. It is a novel infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. Model-based simulations for Djibouti indicate that the 95% confidence interval for the time-varying reproduction number R t has been stable around 1.0 since April 2020.More
105 COVID-19 pandemic in Equatorial Guinea
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Equatorial Guinea on 14 March 2020. Equatorial Guinea has a weak healthcare system, leaving it vulnerable to an outbreak.More
106 COVID-19 pandemic in Zimbabwe
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Zimbabwe in March 2020. Some of Zimbabwe's provinces, especially Manicaland, Masvingo and Mashonaland East, also struggled with a malaria outbreak at the same time. Though malaria is treatable, the healthcare system faces drug shortages and increased strain with the spread of COVID-19.More
107 COVID-19 pandemic in Hungary
The COVID-19 pandemic in Hungary is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. On March 4th, 2020, the first cases in Hungary were announced. The first coronavirus-related death was announced on March 15th on the government's official website.More
108 COVID-19 pandemic in Malawi
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Malawi on 2 April 2020. It has spread to all the districts of Malawi.More
109 COVID-19 pandemic in the Central African Republic
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached the Central African Republic in March 2020.More
110 COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong
The COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was first confirmed to have spread to Hong Kong on 23 January 2020. Confirmed cases were generally transferred to Princess Margaret Hospital's Infectious Disease Centre for isolation and centralised treatment. On 5 February, after a five-day strike by front-line medical workers, the Hong Kong government closed all but three border control points – Hong Kong International Airport, Shenzhen Bay Control Point, and Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Control Point remaining open.More
111 COVID-19 pandemic in Nicaragua
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic was shown to have spread to Nicaragua when the first case, a Nicaraguan citizen who had returned to the country from Panama, was confirmed on 18 March 2020.More
112 COVID-19 pandemic in Montenegro
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have spread to Montenegro when its first case was confirmed on 17 March 2020, making it the last European country to register a case of SARS-CoV-2.More
113 COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of the Congo
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached the Republic of the Congo in March 2020.More
114 COVID-19 pandemic in Namibia
The COVID-19 pandemic in Namibia is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr. Kalumbi Shangula, announced on 14 March 2020 that the virus had reached Namibia. A Romanian couple constituted the two first cases and recovered after 79 days after their initial diagnosis.More
115 COVID-19 pandemic in Eswatini
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Eswatini in March 2020.More
116 COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand
The COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have reached Thailand on 13 January 2020, when the country made the first confirmation of a case outside China. Surveillance among incoming travellers revealed a small number of cases throughout January, almost all of whom were visitors or residents returning from China. The first reported local transmission was confirmed on 31 January.More
117 COVID-19 pandemic in Somalia
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Somalia on 16 March 2020 when the first case was confirmed in Mogadishu. The Somali Prime Minister, Hassan Ali Khaire announced that the government has set aside five million dollars to deal with the disease, The Somali Medical Association is concerned that the death toll in the country will be huge and that Somalia will not be able to recover from the economic effects due to poor working relations between central government and federal states which leads to lack of control by central government, as well and the lack of healthcare infrastructure. It has also been speculated that President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed may use the pandemic as an excuse to postpone elections. There have also been concerns over freedom of the press following arrests and intimidation of journalist who have been covering the pandemic in Somalia.More
118 COVID-19 pandemic in Cuba
The COVID-19 pandemic in Cuba is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have spread to Cuba on 11 March 2020 when three Italian tourists tested positive for the virus.More
119 COVID-19 pandemic in Cape Verde
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Cape Verde in March 2020.More
120 COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka
The COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The first case of the virus was confirmed in Sri Lanka on 27 January 2020, after a 44-year-old Chinese woman from Hubei Province in China was admitted to the National Institute of Infection Diseases.More
121 COVID-19 pandemic in Suriname
The COVID-19 pandemic in Suriname is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have reached Suriname on 13 March 2020. The case was a person who travelled from the Netherlands the previous week. On 3 April 2020, one person died. On 3 May 2020, all nine cases had recovered. On 18 May, an eleventh case was identified.More
122 COVID-19 pandemic in Slovakia
The COVID-19 pandemic in Slovakia is of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have spread to Slovakia on 6 March 2020 when Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini announced that a 52-year-old man was infected. He had not travelled anywhere but his son had travelled to Venice in Italy, and was later confirmed as the first Slovak to be infected. Three cases were then confirmed, including the man's son and wife. During the next few days, COVID-19 cases went up to 21 out of 832 tested.More
123 COVID-19 pandemic in Mali
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Mali in March 2020.More
124 COVID-19 pandemic in Mozambique
The COVID-19 pandemic in Mozambique is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have reached Mozambique in March 2020.More
125 COVID-19 pandemic in South Sudan
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached South Sudan on 5 April 2020. The first four confirmed cases were UN workers. As of 27 July, there are 2,313 confirmed cases and 46 deaths due to COVID-19 in South Sudan. As of 23 July, there have been 13,040 tests.More
126 COVID-19 pandemic in Lithuania
The COVID-19 pandemic in Lithuania is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have reached Lithuania in February 2020. On 18 March 2020, the first domestic case was confirmed, the first infected being an immediate family member of a known case. The first cases of community spread were found in the country on 19 March and the first related death occurred on 20 March 2020.More
127 COVID-19 pandemic in Slovenia
The COVID-19 pandemic in Slovenia is part of the pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus spread to Slovenia on 4 March 2020, when the first case was confirmed. It was an imported case transmitted by a tourist traveling from Morocco via Italy, which is the center of the SARS-CoV-2 in Europe. The first few days of the pandemic were challenging for Slovenia due to the resignation of Prime Minister Marjan Šarec in late January and the formation of new government currently underway at that time. The first case in Slovenia was confirmed one day after Janez Janša was elected Prime Minister. During the transition period, the outbreak escalated. A joint meeting between the outgoing and incoming governments was held on 10 March 2020. Marjan Šarec's outgoing caretaker government was responsible for the crisis management until 14 March 2020. On 15 May 2020, Slovenia became the first European nation to declare the end of the COVID-19 epidemic within its territory.More
128 COVID-19 pandemic in Estonia
The COVID-19 pandemic in Estonia is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have spread to Estonia when the first case was confirmed in Tallinn on 27 February 2020. By 11 March, 15 people in Estonia had been diagnosed with the virus, all of them had been infected outside the country, mostly in Northern Italy. On 12 March, the first cases of locally transmitted infections emerged, and on 13 March, the Estonian government declared a state of emergency until 1 May 2020. As a result, all the schools and universities were closed, and all public gatherings banned, including sports and cultural events. As of 6 August, the total number of confirmed cases in the country was 2,124 of which 1,954 had recovered and 63 had died.More
129 COVID-19 pandemic in Rwanda
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Rwanda in March 2020.More
130 COVID-19 pandemic in Guinea-Bissau
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Guinea-Bissau in March 2020.More
131 COVID-19 pandemic in Benin
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Benin in March 2020.More
132 COVID-19 pandemic in Iceland
The COVID-19 pandemic in Iceland is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have reached Iceland in February 2020. As of 12 August 2020, the total number of cases registered was 1,978, of which 1,852 had recovered and 10 deaths had occurred. With a total population of 366,130, the infection rate is 1 case per 203 inhabitants, which was one of the highest in the world throughout March and April, though this is attributed to more tests having been carried out per capita in Iceland than any other country; these include a screening of the general population run by Icelandic biotech company deCODE genetics to determine the true spread of the virus in the community.More
133 COVID-19 pandemic in the Donetsk People's Republic
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached the Donetsk People's Republic in March 2020. For the rest of Ukraine, see COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine.More
134 COVID-19 pandemic in Sierra Leone
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Sierra Leone on 31 March 2020.More
135 COVID-19 pandemic in Yemen
The first confirmed case relating to the COVID-19 pandemic in Yemen was announced on 10 April 2020 with an occurrence in Hadhramaut. Organizations called the news a "devastating blow" and a "nightmare scenario" given the country's already dire humanitarian situation.More
136 COVID-19 pandemic in Tunisia
The COVID-19 pandemic in Tunisia is part of the ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The disease was confirmed to have reached Tunisia on 2 March 2020.More
137 COVID-19 pandemic in Angola
The COVID-19 pandemic in Angola is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have spread to Angola in late March 2020, with the first two cases being confirmed on 21 March.More
138 COVID-19 pandemic in Syria
The COVID-19 pandemic in Syria is part of the ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The disease was confirmed to have reached Syria on 22 March 2020, when the first case was confirmed of a person who came from abroad.More
139 COVID-19 pandemic in Uruguay
The COVID-19 pandemic in Uruguay is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The first cases in Uruguay were reported on 13 March 2020 by the Ministry of Public Health. The early cases were imported from Italy and Spain, with some local transmissions. As of July 2020, the outbreak in Uruguay is still ongoing but only at a low level of infections.More
140 COVID-19 pandemic in the Gambia
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached The Gambia in March 2020.More
141 COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Uganda in March 2020.More
142 COVID-19 pandemic in Latvia
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Latvia on 2 March 2020.More
143 COVID-19 pandemic in Jordan
The COVID-19 pandemic in Jordan is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. On 2 March 2020, the Ministry of Health confirmed the first case in Jordan.More
144 COVID-19 pandemic in Cyprus
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Cyprus in March 2020. The released data from the Cyprus government includes cases in the British Overseas Territory of Akrotiri and Dhekelia but not Northern Cyprus, due to an ongoing dispute.More
145 COVID-19 pandemic in Georgia (country)
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have spread to Georgia when its first case was confirmed in Tbilisi on 26 February 2020.More
146 COVID-19 pandemic in Liberia
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Liberia in March 2020.More
147 COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand
The COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand is part of the ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The first case of the disease in New Zealand was reported on 28 February 2020. As of 14 August 2020, the country has had a total of 1,602 cases and 22 people have died from the virus, with cases recorded in all twenty district health board (DHB) areas. The pandemic peaked in early April, with 89 new cases recorded per day and 929 active cases. As of 14 August 2020, the country has 49 active cases, the majority from an active cluster in Auckland.More
148 COVID-19 pandemic in Burkina Faso
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Burkina Faso on 9 March 2020. The death of Rose Marie Compaoré, a member of the National Assembly of Burkina Faso, on 18 March marked the first recorded COVID-19 fatality in Sub-Saharan Africa.More
149 COVID-19 pandemic in Niger
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Niger in March 2020. Amnesty International reported that journalists have been arrested over reporting about the pandemic.More
150 COVID-19 pandemic in Malta
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the first case of coronavirus disease in Malta was an Italian 12-year-old girl on 7 March 2020. The girl and her family were in isolation, as required by those following the Maltese health authority's guidelines who were in Italy or other highly infected countries. Later, both her parents were found positive as well. As of 13 August 2020, Malta has reported 1,245 confirmed cases, 708 recoveries and 9 deaths; 528 cases remain active.More
151 COVID-19 pandemic on USS Theodore Roosevelt
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the cause of the COVID-19 pandemic, was detected on the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt in March 2020 while she was at sea. Affected crew members were evacuated and the ship was ordered to Guam. The captain, Brett Crozier, wanted most of the crew to be removed from the ship to prevent the spread of the disease, but his superiors were reluctant. After several days Crozier e-mailed three of his superior officers and seven other Navy Captains, outlining a plan for the ship to be largely evacuated because the virus could not be contained on board. The letter leaked to the press, and the next day the Navy ordered most of the crew to be taken ashore, but the captain was relieved of command by Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly. Modly's order was controversial, and his later speech to the crew aboard Theodore Roosevelt was criticized. Modly resigned a few days later. By mid-April hundreds of crew members including Crozier had tested positive for the virus, and one had died.More
152 COVID-19 pandemic in Togo
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Togo in March 2020.More
153 COVID-19 pandemic in the Bahamas
The COVID-19 pandemic in the Bahamas is part of the COVID-19 pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The outbreak was identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, declared to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on 30 January 2020, and recognized as a pandemic by the World Health Organization on 11 March 2020. It was confirmed to have reached the Bahamas on 15 March 2020 with the announcement of the first case.More
154 COVID-19 pandemic on Charles de Gaulle
In April 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic reached the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle and the Aeronaval Group of the Naval Action Force, its carrier battle group.More
155 COVID-19 pandemic in Jamaica
The COVID-19 pandemic in Jamaica is part of an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). On 12 January, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that a novel coronavirus was the cause of a respiratory illness in a cluster of people in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, who had initially come to the attention of the WHO on 31 December 2019. Unlike SARS outbreak of 2003, the case fatality ratio for COVID-19 has been much lower, but the transmission has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll.More
156 COVID-19 pandemic in Andorra
The COVID-19 pandemic in Andorra is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have reached Andorra on 2 March 2020, when a 20-year-old man returned to the country from Milan, Italy. With a total population of 77,543 on 26 April, the infection rate was 1 case per 105 inhabitants and the death rate was 1 case per 1,939 inhabitants.More
157 COVID-19 pandemic in Chad
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Chad in March 2020.More
158 COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam
The COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. On 23 January 2020, the first known case of COVID-19 in Vietnam was reported. As of 14 August 2020, the country had 911 confirmed cases, 425 recoveries, and 21 deaths. More than 430,000 tests have been performed. Da Nang, as of August is the most-affected city with 315 confirmed cases and 17 deaths.More
159 COVID-19 pandemic in Aruba
The COVID-19 pandemic in Aruba is part of the ongoing global viral pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which was documented for the first time in Aruba on 13 March 2020. As of 29 May, all cases recovered. On 29 June, two new cases were discovered.More
160 COVID-19 pandemic in São Tomé and Príncipe
The COVID-19 pandemic in São Tomé and Príncipe is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have reached São Tomé and Príncipe on 6 April 2020. The first death was recorded on 30 April.More
161 COVID-19 pandemic in Somaliland
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Somaliland in March 2020.More
162 COVID-19 pandemic in Lesotho
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Lesotho on 13 May 2020.More
163 COVID-19 pandemic on Diamond Princess
Diamond Princess is a cruise ship registered in Britain, and owned and operated by Princess Cruises. During a cruise that began on 20 January 2020, positive cases of COVID-19 linked to the COVID-19 pandemic were confirmed on the ship in February 2020. Over 700 people out of 3,711 became infected, and 14 people, all of them passengers, died. At the time, the ship accounted for over half the reported cases of SARS-CoV-2 outside of mainland China.More
164 COVID-19 pandemic in San Marino
The COVID-19 pandemic in San Marino is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have reached San Marino in February 2020.More
165 COVID-19 pandemic in the United States Virgin Islands
The COVID-19 pandemic in United States Virgin Islands is part of the ongoing global viral pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which was reported to have spread to the United States Territory of the Virgin Islands with the first confirmed case of COVID-19 on March 13, 2020. COVID-19 testing on the islands began on March 3, 2020 with the first three tests sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. On March 13, the first case in the territory was confirmed, and the first community transmission case was identified on March 22.More
166 COVID-19 pandemic in Guyana
The COVID-19 pandemic in Guyana is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have reached Guyana on 11 March 2020. The first case was a woman who travelled from New York, a 52-year-old woman suffering from underlying health conditions, including diabetes and hypertension. The woman died at the Georgetown Public Hospital.More
167 COVID-19 pandemic in the Luhansk People's Republic
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached the Luhansk People's Republic in March 2020. For the rest of Ukraine, see COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine.More
168 COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan
The COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The pandemic has had a much smaller impact in Taiwan than in most other industrialised countries, with a total of seven deaths as of 11 May 2020. The number of active cases peaked on 6 April at 307 cases, the majority of which were imported.More
169 COVID-19 pandemic in Guam
Guam confirmed its first case of the COVID-19 pandemic on March 15, 2020, and the first death on March 22. The Government of Guam ordered the general lockdown of the island in mid-March. Governor Lou Leon Guerrero announced the implementation of a four-step "Pandemic Condition of Readiness" (PCOR) on April 30, 2020. Guam moved from PCOR 1 to PCOR 2 on May 10, allowing some business activity with restrictions. Under PCOR 2, Guam mandates a 14-day quarantine for most incoming travelers who have not been tested in the previous 3 days.More
170 COVID-19 pandemic in Burundi
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Burundi on 1 April 2020.More
171 COVID-19 pandemic in Trinidad and Tobago
The COVID-19 pandemic in Trinidad and Tobago is part of the ongoing global viral pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which was confirmed to have reached the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago on 12 March 2020.More
172 COVID-19 pandemic in the Comoros
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached the Comoros on 30 April 2020, and by 4 May the first death was announced. On 21 July, all cases on the island of Mohéli resolved.More
173 COVID-19 pandemic in Myanmar
The COVID-19 pandemic in Myanmar is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have reached Myanmar on 23 March 2020. On 31 March, the Committee for Corona Virus Disease 19 (COVID-19), headed by First Vice President Myint Swe and made up of members from the various union ministries, was formed by President Win Myint, to combat the spread of COVID-19 in Myanmar.More
174 COVID-19 pandemic in Botswana
This article documents the impacts of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Botswana.More
175 COVID-19 pandemic in Jersey
The COVID-19 pandemic in the Bailiwick of Jersey is part of an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a novel infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first case in Jersey was confirmed on 10 March 2020 when a person tested positive on the island after returning from Italy.More
176 COVID-19 pandemic in Mauritius
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Mauritius in March 2020. Since the first three cases of COVID-19 were confirmed, the Mauritian authorities have been conducting 'Contact tracing': people who have been in contact with infected patients have been placed under quarantine, including doctors, nurses and police officers. No cases have been reported in Rodrigues, Agaléga and St. Brandon. Mauritius scored 100 in the Oxford University COVID-19 government response tracker. No new cases through local transmission has been detected in Mauritius since 26 April 2020, since then, all the new cases which were reported on the island were imported cases from passengers who were repatriated to Mauritius and were admitted to quarantine centers upon their arrival. On 29 May 2020, the Mauritian government announced the end of lockdown as from 30 May 2020 at 00.00. However, some restrictions was still imposed on certain activities, in public spaces and public gatherings. On 12 June 2020, the Prime Minister announced that the decision was taken to lift all business and activity lockdowns ordered earlier to cope with the COVID-19, as from Monday 15 June 2020. Consequently, beaches, markets, gyms, parks, Village Halls, Community Centres, cinema and other public places became accessible to the public but the wearing of masks and social distancing will still be compulsory. Schools resumed as from 1 July 2020. As at 12 June 2020, 10% of the population were already tested with a total of 142,889 tests: 32,257 PCR tests and 110,632 Rapid Tests.More
177 COVID-19 pandemic in the Faroe Islands