COVID-19 pandemic in Dominica

The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Dominica on 22 March 2020.[3]

Not to be confused with COVID-19 pandemic in the Dominican Republic.

COVID-19 pandemic in Dominica
Disease	COVID-19
Virus strain	SARS-CoV-2
Location	Dominica
First outbreak	Wuhan, China
Arrival date	22 March 2020 (4 months, 3 weeks and 4 days)
Confirmed cases	18[1] (2020-05-20)
Active cases	0[1][2]
Recovered	18[1]
Deaths	0[1]
Government website
dominica.gov.dm/corona

Background

On 12 January 2020, 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, which was reported to the WHO on 31 December 2019.[4][5]

The case fatality ratio for COVID-19 has been much lower than SARS of 2003,[6][7] but the transmission has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll.[8][6]

Timeline

COVID-19 cases in Dominica  ()      Deaths        Recoveries        Active cases Mar Mar Apr Apr May May Jun Jun Jul Jul Aug Aug Last 15 days Last 15 days
Date			# of cases
2020-03-22		​	1(n.a.)
2020-03-23		​	2(+100%)
2020-03-24		​	7(+250%)
2020-03-25		​	11(+57%)
⋮		​	11(=)
2020-03-30		​	12(+9.1%)
⋮		​	12(=)
2020-04-03		​	14(+17%)
⋮		​	14(=)
2020-04-06		​ ​	15(+7.1%)
⋮		​ ​	15(=)
2020-04-10		​ ​	16(+6.7%)
⋮		​ ​	16(=)
2020-04-12		​ ​	16(=)
⋮		​ ​	16(=)
2020-04-22		​ ​	16(=)
⋮		​ ​	16(=)
2020-04-24		​ ​	16(=)
⋮		​ ​	16(=)
2020-04-26		​ ​	16(=)
⋮		​ ​	16(=)
2020-05-05		​ ​	16(=)
⋮		​ ​	16(=)
2020-05-10		​ ​	16(=)
⋮		​ ​	16(=)
2020-05-17		​	16(=)
2020-06-02		​ ​	18(+12%)
⋮		​ ​	18(=)
2020-06-18		​	18(=)
Data sourced from dominica.gov.dm/updates and worldometers

• On 22 March, the country's first case of COVID-19 was announced, a 54-year-old man who returned from the United Kingdom.[3]
• By 25 May 2020, Dominica had had 16 cases of COVID-19, and all of them had recovered.
• A month later, Dominica had 18 overall cases of COVID-19, all of them cured.

See also

• COVID-19 pandemic in North America
• COVID-19 pandemic by country and territory
• Caribbean Public Health Agency
• 2020 in the Caribbean
• Influx of disease in the Caribbean
• HIV/AIDS in Latin America
• 2013–2014 chikungunya outbreak
• 2009 swine flu pandemic
• 2019–2020 dengue fever epidemic

References

1. "Ministry of Health, Wellness and New Health Investment Response to COVID-19". Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica. 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
2. "MAY 17TH, DOMINICA CORONAVIRUS UPDATE". Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
3. "WATCH: Dominica records first case of coronavirus". loopjamaica. 22 March 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
4. Elsevier. "Novel Coronavirus Information Center". Elsevier Connect. Archived from the original on 30 January 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
5. Reynolds, Matt (4 March 2020). "What is coronavirus and how close is it to becoming a pandemic?". Wired UK. ISSN 1357-0978. Archived from the original on 5 March 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
6. "Crunching the numbers for coronavirus". Imperial News. Archived from the original on 19 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
7. "High consequence infectious diseases (HCID); Guidance and information about high consequence infectious diseases and their management in England". GOV.UK. Archived from the original on 3 March 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
8. "World Federation Of Societies of Anaesthesiologists – Coronavirus". www.wfsahq.org. Archived from the original on 12 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.