COVID-19 pandemic in Guadeloupe
The COVID-19 pandemic in Guadeloupe is part of the ongoing global viral pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which was confirmed to have spread to the French overseas department and region of Guadeloupe on 12 March 2020.
COVID-19 pandemic in Guadeloupe | |
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | Guadeloupe |
Arrival date | 13 March 2020 (3 months and 2 weeks) |
Confirmed cases | 143 |
Recovered | 67 |
Deaths | 8 |
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.[1][2]
The case fatality ratio for COVID-19 has been much lower than SARS of 2003,[3][4] but the transmission has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll.[5][3]
Timeline
March 2020
On 12 March, the first case of COVID-19 in Guadeloupe was confirmed.[6]
As of March 16, there had been 6 positive cases and no deaths.[7] By March 26, there had been 84 positive cases and 1 death.[8]
April 2020
May 2020
External links
- Reports on the Guadeloupe Prefecture website
See also
References
- Elsevier. "Novel Coronavirus Information Center". Elsevier Connect. Archived from the original on 30 January 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- 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.
- "Crunching the numbers for coronavirus". Imperial News. Archived from the original on 19 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- "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.
- "World Federation Of Societies of Anaesthesiologists – Coronavirus". www.wfsahq.org. Archived from the original on 12 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- "Coronavirus : Un premier cas positif en Guadeloupe" [Coronavirus: A first positive case in Guadeloupe]. La1ere.francetvinfo.fr (in French). 12 March 2020.
- "COVID-19 Coronavirus Outbreak". Worldometer.
- "Update on the situation on March 26". Prefecture of Guadeloupe. 26 March 2020.