COVID-19 pandemic in Mozambique

The COVID-19 pandemic in Mozambique 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 reached Mozambique in March 2020.[3]

COVID-19 pandemic in Mozambique
Cases per Province[1]
    Provinces with 30 to 299 cases reported by the National Institute of Health
    Provinces with 3 to 29 cases reported by the National Institute of Health
    Provinces with 1 or 2 cases reported by the National Institute of Health
DiseaseCOVID-19
Virus strainSARS-CoV-2
LocationMozambique
First outbreakWuhan, China
Arrival date22 March 2020
(3 months, 1 week and 1 day)
Confirmed cases816 (as of 26 June)[2]
Active cases588 (as of 26 June)
Recovered223 (as of 26 June)
Deaths
5 (as of 26 June)

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

March 2020

The country's first case was announced on 22 March, a 75-year-old man who returned from the United Kingdom.[9]

April 2020

On 8 April 2020, Mozambique registered seven new positive cases of COVID-19, increasing the total number of confirmed cases to 17, nine of which are local transmissions.[10]

May 2020

June 2020

After ending June with 254 confirmed cases, the number of confirmed cases had doubled by 13 June, with a further 44 cases confirmed on that day alone.[11]

The country recorded its third death on 14 June, an 84-year-old man from Nampula Province.[12]

Statistics
Confirmed cases
Confirmed new cases

See also

References
  1. "COVID-19 - Fica Atento". Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  2. "Início". COVID 19 - Fica Atento. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  3. "World Health Organization: A case of COVID-19 confirmed in Mozambique". WHO | Regional Office for Africa. Retrieved 26 May 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.
  9. "Mozambique confirms first coronavirus case". National Post. 22 March 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  10. "World Health Organization: 17 cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Mozambique". WHO | Regional Office for Africa. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  11. MENAFN. "Mozambique confirms 44 more coronavirus infections". menafn.com. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  12. "Mozambique registers one more COVID-19 death - China.org.cn". www.china.org.cn. Retrieved 14 June 2020.


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