COVID-19 pandemic in Ivory Coast
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Ivory Coast in March 2020.
| COVID-19 pandemic in Ivory Coast | |
|---|---|
 Number of cases by District. ≥ 10 000 1 000 to 9 999 500 to 999 100 to 499 10 to 99 1 to 9 0 | |
| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Location | Ivory Coast |
| First outbreak | Wuhan, China |
| Index case | Abidjan |
| Arrival date | 11 March 2020 (4 years, 8 months and 1 week) |
| Confirmed cases | 1,912 (as of 13 May)[1] |
| Active cases | 986 (as of 13 May) |
| Recovered | 902 (as of 13 May) |
Deaths | 24 (as of 13 May) |
On 11 March, Ivory Coast recorded its first case of COVID-19. It was an Ivory Coast national who had recently been to Italy.[2]
On 16 March, the government announced that the total number of confirmed cases had risen to six, and that the patient identified on 11 March had made a recovery.[3] Ivory Coast also suspended flights for countries that had more than 100 cases for 15 days, only allowing citizens and residents, and closed all schools for an initial 30 days.[4]
On 20 March, the government announced five more confirmed cases, bringing the total number to 14.[5] The same day the government decided to close all borders from midnight on 22 March until further notice.[6]
On 27 March, 5 new cases were confirmed, bringing the total over the 100 benchmark with a total of 101 cases along with 2 patients recovering, thus bringing the total of recovered to 3.[7]
A 58-year-old female patient with diabetes, in a coma since 25 March, became the first death.[8]
References
change- ↑ "Ministère de la Santé et de l'Hygiène Publique". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2020-05-13.
- ↑ "Ivory Coast confirms first case of coronavirus". Daily Sabah. 11 March 2020. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
- ↑ "Coronavirus : le bilan passe à 6 confirmés en Côte d'Ivoire". Atoo.ci (in French). 2020-03-16. Archived from the original on 2020-03-17. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
- ↑ "West Africa clamps down on borders as coronavirus cases rise". outlookindia.com. 2020-03-17. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
- ↑ "Coronavirus : la Côte d'Ivoire compte 14 cas confirmés dont un guéri, à la date du 20 mars 2020". www.gouv.ci (in French). 2020-03-21. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
- ↑ "Coronavirus : les frontières terrestres, maritimes et aériennes ivoiriennes fermées à tout traffic de personnes, à compter du 22 mars 2020, à minuit". www.gouv.ci (in French). 2020-03-21. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
- ↑ "Covid-19: la Côte d'Ivoire franchit la barre de 100 cas avec 5 nouveaux cas portant le nombre d'infectés à 101 dont 3 guéris (Ministre de la Santé)". news.abidjan.net/ (in French). 27 March 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-04-13. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
- ↑ "Coronavirus : En Côte d'Ivoire, plusieurs décès occasionnés par les maladies chroniques". RTI.ci (in French). 23 April 2020. Retrieved 2020-04-23.[permanent dead link]