COVID-19 pandemic in Angola

The COVID-19 pandemic in Angola is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was confirmed to have spread to Angola in late March 2020, with the first two cases being confirmed on 21 March.[2]

COVID-19 pandemic in Angola
Affected provinces by COVID-19 pandemic
Disease	COVID-19
Virus strain	Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Location	Angola
First outbreak	Wuhan, Hubei, China
Index case	Luanda
Arrival date	21 March 2020 (4 months, 3 weeks and 5 days)
Confirmed cases	541 (as of 14 July)[1]
Active cases	397 (as of 14 July)
Recovered	118 (as of 14 July)
Deaths	26 (as of 14 July)[1]
Government website
http://covid19.gov.ao/

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.[3][4]

The case fatality ratio for COVID-19 has been much lower than SARS of 2003,[5][6] but the transmission has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll.[7][5] Model-based simulations for Angola indicate that the 95% confidence interval for the time-varying reproduction number R_t has exceeded 1.0 the whole time since the outbreak in Angola.[8]

Timeline

COVID-19 cases in Angola  ()      Deaths        Recoveries        Active cases Mar Mar Apr Apr May May Jun Jun Jul Jul Last 15 days Last 15 days
Date			# of cases	# of deaths
2020-03-20		​	1(n.a.)
2020-03-20		​	2(+100%)
⋮		​	2(=)
2020-03-23		​	3(+50%)
⋮		​	3(=)
2020-03-26		​	4(+33%)
2020-03-27		​	4(=)
2020-03-28		​	5(+25%)
2020-03-29		​ ​	7(+40%)	2(n.a.)
2020-03-30		​ ​ ​	7(=)	2(=)
⋮		​ ​ ​	7(=)	2(=)
2020-04-01		​ ​ ​	8(+14%)	2(=)
⋮		​ ​ ​	8(=)	2(=)
2020-04-04		​ ​ ​	10(+25%)	2(=)
2020-04-05		​ ​ ​	14(+40%)	2(=)
2020-04-06		​ ​ ​	16(+14%)	2(=)
2020-04-07		​ ​ ​	17(+6.2%)	2(=)
2020-04-08		​ ​ ​	19(+12%)	2(=)
⋮		​ ​ ​	19(=)	2(=)
2020-04-11		​ ​ ​	19(=)	2(=)
⋮		​ ​ ​	19(=)	2(=)
2020-04-14		​ ​ ​	19(=)	2(=)
⋮		​ ​ ​	19(=)	2(=)
2020-04-18		​ ​ ​	24(+26%)	2(=)
⋮		​ ​ ​	24(=)	2(=)
2020-04-22		​ ​ ​	25(+4.2%)	2(=)
⋮		​ ​ ​	25(=)	2(=)
2020-04-26		​ ​ ​	26(+4%)	2(=)
2020-04-27		​ ​ ​	27(+3.8%)	2(=)
⋮		​ ​ ​	27(=)	2(=)
2020-04-29		​ ​ ​	27(=)	2(=)
⋮		​ ​ ​	27(=)	2(=)
2020-05-01		​ ​ ​	30(+11%)	2(=)
2020-05-02		​ ​ ​	35(+17%)	2(=)
2020-05-03		​ ​ ​	35(=)	2(=)
⋮		​ ​ ​	35(=)	2(=)
2020-05-05		​ ​ ​	36(+2.9%)	2(=)
⋮		​ ​ ​	36(=)	2(=)
2020-05-08		​ ​ ​	43(+19%)	2(=)
2020-05-09		​ ​ ​	43(=)	2(=)
⋮		​ ​ ​	43(=)	2(=)
2020-05-11		​ ​ ​	45(+4.7%)	2(=)
⋮		​ ​ ​	45(=)	2(=)
2020-05-13		​ ​ ​	45(=)	2(=)
2020-05-14		​ ​ ​	48(+6.7%)	2(=)
2020-05-15		​ ​ ​	48(=)	2(=)
2020-05-16		​ ​ ​	48(=)	2(=)
2020-05-17		​ ​ ​	48(=)	2(=)
2020-05-18		​ ​ ​	50(+4.2%)	3(+50%)
2020-05-19		​ ​ ​	52(+4%)	3(=)
2020-05-20		​ ​ ​	52(=)	3(=)
2020-05-21		​ ​ ​	58(+12%)	3(=)
2020-05-22		​ ​ ​	60(+3.4%)	3(=)
2020-05-23		​ ​ ​	61(+1.7%)	4(+33%)
2020-05-24		​ ​ ​	69(+13%)	4(=)
2020-05-25		​ ​ ​	70(+1.4%)	4(=)
2020-05-26		​ ​ ​	70(=)	4(=)
2020-05-27		​ ​ ​	71(+1.4%)	4(=)
2020-05-28		​ ​ ​	74(+4.2%)	4(=)
2020-05-29		​ ​ ​	81(+9.5%)	4(=)
2020-05-30		​ ​ ​	84(+3.7%)	4(=)
2020-05-31		​ ​ ​	86(+2.4%)	4(=)
2020-06-01		​ ​ ​	86(=)	4(=)
2020-06-02		​ ​ ​	86(=)	4(=)
2020-06-03		​ ​ ​	86(=)	4(=)
2020-06-04		​ ​ ​	86(=)	4(=)
2020-06-05		​ ​ ​	86(=)	4(=)
2020-06-06		​ ​ ​	88(+2.3%)	4(=)
2020-06-07		​ ​ ​	91(+3.4%)	4(=)
2020-06-08		​ ​ ​	92(+1.1%)	4(=)
2020-06-09		​ ​ ​	96(+4.3%)	4(=)
2020-06-10		​ ​ ​	113(+18%)	4(=)
2020-06-11		​ ​ ​	118(+4.4%)	5(+25%)
2020-06-12		​ ​ ​	130(+10%)	5(=)
2020-06-13		​ ​ ​	138(+6.2%)	6(+20%)
2020-06-14		​ ​ ​	140(+1.4%)	6(=)
2020-06-15		​ ​ ​	142(+1.4%)	6(=)
2020-06-16		​ ​ ​	148(+4.2%)	6(=)
2020-06-17		​ ​ ​	155(+4.7%)	7(+17%)
2020-06-18		​ ​ ​	166(+7.1%)	8(+14%)
2020-06-19		​ ​ ​	172(+3.6%)	8(=)
2020-06-20		​ ​ ​	176(+2.3%)	9(+12%)
2020-06-21		​ ​ ​	183(+4%)	9(=)
2020-06-22		​ ​ ​	186(+1.6%)	10(+11%)
2020-06-23		​ ​ ​	189(+1.6%)	10(=)
2020-06-24		​ ​ ​	197(+4.2%)	10(=)
2020-06-25		​ ​ ​	212(+7.6%)	10(=)
2020-06-26		​ ​ ​	212(=)	10(=)
2020-06-27		​ ​ ​	259(+22%)	10(=)
2020-06-28		​ ​ ​	267(+3.1%)	11(+10%)
2020-06-29		​ ​ ​	276(+3.4%)	11(=)
2020-06-30		​ ​ ​	284(+2.9%)	13(+18%)
2020-07-01		​ ​ ​	291(+2.5%)	15(+15%)
2020-07-02		​ ​ ​	315(+8.2%)	17(+13%)
2020-07-03		​ ​ ​	328(+4.1%)	18(+5.9%)
2020-07-04		​ ​ ​	346(+5.5%)	19(+5.6%)
2020-07-05		​ ​ ​	346(=)	19(=)
2020-07-06		​ ​ ​	346(=)	19(=)
2020-07-07		​ ​ ​	386(+12%)	21(+11%)
2020-07-08		​ ​ ​	386(=)	21(=)
2020-07-09		​ ​ ​	396(+2.6%)	22(+4.8%)
2020-07-10		​ ​ ​	458(+16%)	23(+4.5%)
2020-07-11		​ ​ ​	462(+0.87%)	23(=)
2020-07-12		​ ​ ​	483(+4.5%)	25(+8.7%)
2020-07-13		​ ​ ​	525(+8.7%)	26(+4%)
2020-07-14		​ ​ ​	541(+3%)	26(=)
2020-07-15		​ ​ ​	576(+6.5%)	27(+3.8%)
2020-07-16		​ ​ ​	607(+5.4%)	28(+3.7%)
2020-07-17		​ ​ ​	638(+5.1%)	29(+3.6%)
2020-07-18		​ ​ ​	687(+7.7%)	29(=)
2020-07-19		​ ​ ​	705(+2.6%)	29(=)
2020-07-20		​ ​ ​	749(+6.2%)	29(=)
2020-07-21		​ ​ ​	779(+4%)	30(+3.4%)
2020-07-22		​ ​ ​	812(+4.2%)	33(+10%)
2020-07-23		​ ​ ​	851(+4.8%)	33(=)
Sources: Ministry of Public Health Worldometers[9]

March 2020

• On 19 March, a WhatsApp audio about an alleged case went viral, which was later denied.[10]
• Effective from 20 March, all Angolan borders were closed for 15 days.[11] President João Lourenço banned all arrivals at airports and stopped passenger vessels docking at Angolan ports for 15 days. All these bans will last until 4 April.[12]
• On 21 March, the Ministry of Health confirmed the first two positive COVID-19 cases. The two cases had returned from Portugal.[13][14] The first case was a Sonangol employee who flew from Lisbon to Luanda. The second case had flown in from Porto and was also under observation in Luanda.[12]
• All schools in Angola closed on 24 March.[12]
• On 29 March, the first two coronavirus-related deaths were recorded, while the total number of confirmed cases rose to seven.[15]
• On 30 March, the first recovery case from COVID-19 was recorded.[16] At the end of the month there had been 7 confirmed cases, 1 recovery and 2 deaths, leaving 4 active cases.[17]

April 2020

• On 10 April, 257 doctors from Cuba arrived in Angola in order to help the prevention of COVID-19 spread in Angola.[18]
• On 15 April, it was reported that the 2582 people detained in Luanda under the State of Emergency have now been returned to the Zaire Province.[19]
• During the month there were 20 new cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 27. The death toll remained unchanged. Seven patients recovered, leaving 18 active cases at the end of April.[20]

May 2020

• During the month there were 59 new cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 86. The death toll rose to 4. The number of recovered patients increased to 18, leaving 64 active cases by the end of the month.[21]

June 2020

• During June there were 198 new cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 284. The death toll rose to 13. The number of recovered patients increased to 93, leaving 178 active cases at the end of the month (178% more than at the end of May).[22]

July 2020

• There were 864 new cases in July, raising the total number of confirmed cases to 1148. The death toll quadrupled to 52. The number of recovered patients increased to 437, leaving 659 active cases at the end of the month (270% more than at the end of June).[23]

See also

• COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
• COVID-19 pandemic by country and territory

References

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