viral pandemic in Ivory Coast From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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, 7 months, 1 week and 1 day) |
| 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]
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