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 (5 years, 1 month, 1 week and 3 days)
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]