COVID-19 pandemic in the Central African Republic

The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached the Central African Republic in March 2020.

COVID-19 pandemic in the Central African Republic
DiseaseCOVID-19
Virus strainSARS-CoV-2
LocationCentral African Republic
First outbreakWuhan, China
Index caseBangui
Arrival date14 March 2020
(5 months and 2 days)
Confirmed cases4,641 (as of 9 August)[1]
Active cases2,866 (as of 9 August)
Recovered1,716 (as of 9 August)
Deaths
59 (as of 9 August)

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.[2][3]

The case fatality ratio for COVID-19 has been much lower than SARS of 2003,[4][5] but the transmission has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll.[6][4] Model-based simulation for the Central African Republic indicate that the 95% confidence interval for the time-varying reproduction number has been stable above 1.0 since May 2020.[7]

There are only three ventilators in the entire country.[8]

Timeline

March 2020

The country's first case was announced on 14 March, with the patient being identified as a 74-year-old Italian man who returned to the Central African Republic from Milan, Italy.[9]

There were six confirmed cases in March, with no recoveries and no deaths.[10]

April 2020

In April there were 44 new cases, raising the total number of cases to 50. Ten patients recovered, leaving 40 active cases at the end of the month.[11]

May 2020

On 23 May 2020, the first death in the country occurred.[12]

There were 961 new cases in May, raising the total number of cases to 1011. The death toll was 2 while the number of recovered patients increased to 23, leaving 986 active cases at the end of May.[13]

June 2020

In June there were 2734 new cases, bringing the total number of cases to 3745. The death toll rose to 47. The number of recovered patients increased to 787, leaving 2911 active cases at the end of the month.[14]

July 2020

There were 863 new cases in July, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 4608. The death toll rose to 59. The number of recovered patients more than doubled to 1606, leaving 2943 active cases at the end of the month.[15]

See also

References
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  2. Elsevier. "Novel Coronavirus Information Center". Elsevier Connect. Archived from the original on 30 January 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  3. 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.
  4. "Crunching the numbers for coronavirus". Imperial News. Archived from the original on 19 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  5. "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.
  6. "World Federation Of Societies of Anaesthesiologists – Coronavirus". www.wfsahq.org. Archived from the original on 12 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  7. Future scenarios of the healthcare burden of COVID-19 in low- or middle-income countries, MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis at Imperial College London.
  8. Smith, Emma (9 April 2020). "These countries have only a handful of ventilators". Devex.
  9. "Central African Republic confirms first coronavirus case -WHO". Reuters. 15 March 2020. Archived from the original on 15 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  10. "Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation report 72" (PDF). World Health Organization. 1 April 2020. p. 8. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  11. "Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation report 101" (PDF). World Health Organization. 30 April 2020. p. 8. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  12. "Central African Republic confirms first COVID-19 death". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  13. "Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation report 133" (PDF). World Health Organization. 1 June 2020. p. 6. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  14. "Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation report 163" (PDF). World Health Organization. 1 July 2020. p. 6. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  15. "Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation report 194" (PDF). World Health Organization. 1 August 2020. p. 4. Retrieved 4 August 2020.


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