COVID-19 pandemic in Tunisia

The COVID-19 pandemic in Tunisia is part of the ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The disease was confirmed to have reached Tunisia on 2 March 2020.

COVID-19 pandemic in Tunisia
Governorates of Tunisia with confirmed cases
  Confirmed 1~9
  Confirmed 10~99
  Confirmed 100~499
As of 25 June 2020
DiseaseCOVID-19
Virus strainSARS-CoV-2
LocationTunisia
First outbreakWuhan, Hubei, China.
Index caseGafsa[1]
Arrival date2 March 2020
(3 months and 4 weeks)
Confirmed cases1,168 (as of 27 June)[2]
Active cases93 (as of 27 June)[2]
Recovered1,025 (as of 27 June)[2]
Deaths
50 (as of 27 June)[2]
Fatality rate4.29% (as of 25 June)
Government website
covid-19.tn

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]

Timeline

Tunisia confirmed its first case on 2 March 2020, with the victim being a 40-year-old Tunisian man from Gafsa returning from Italy.[1][8]

In addition, 74 suspected cases in Gafsa have been placed under home confinement.[8] Two of the suspected cases violated the confinement measures, and the local health directorate decided to take legal action against them.[8]

On 10 May 2020, Tunisia recorded zero new coronavirus cases for the first time since early March.[9]

COVID-19 cases in Tunisia  ()
     Deaths        Recoveries        Active cases

Mar Mar Apr Apr May May Jun Jun Last 15 days Last 15 days

Date
# of cases
# of deaths
2020-03-02
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 1(n.a.)
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 1(=)
2020-03-08
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 2(+100%)
2020-03-09
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 5(+150%)
2020-03-10
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 6(+20%)
2020-03-11
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 7(+17%)
2020-03-12
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 13(+86%)
2020-03-13
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 16(+23%)
2020-03-14
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 18(+12%)
2020-03-15
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 20(+11%)
2020-03-16
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 24(+20%)
2020-03-17
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 29(+21%)
2020-03-18
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 39(+34%) 1(n.a.)
2020-03-19
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 54(+38%) 1(=)
2020-03-20
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 60(+11%) 1(=)
2020-03-21
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 75(+25%) 3(+200%)
2020-03-22
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 89(+19%) 3(=)
2020-03-23
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 114(+28%) 3(=)
2020-03-24
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 173(+52%) 5(+67%)
2020-03-25
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 197(+14%) 5(=)
2020-03-26
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 227(+15%) 6(+20%)
2020-03-27
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 278(+22%) 8(+33%)
2020-03-28
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 312(+12%) 8(=)
2020-03-29
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​
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 362(+16%) 9(+12%)
2020-03-30
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 394(+8.8%) 10(+11%)
2020-03-31
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 423(+7.4%) 12(+20%)
2020-04-01
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 455(+7.6%) 14(+17%)
2020-04-02
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 495(+8.8%) 18(+29%)
2020-04-03
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 553(+12%) 19(+5.6%)
2020-04-04
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​
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 574(+3.8%) 22(+16%)
2020-04-05
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 596(+3.8%) 22(=)
2020-04-06
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 623(+4.5%) 23(+4.5%)
2020-04-07
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 628(+0.8%) 24(+4.3%)
2020-04-08
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 643(+2.4%) 25(+4.2%)
2020-04-09
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 671(+4.4%) 25(=)
2020-04-10
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 685(+2.1%) 28(+12%)
2020-04-11
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 707(+3.2%) 31(+11%)
2020-04-12
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 726(+2.7%) 34(+9.7%)
2020-04-13
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 747(+2.9%) 34(=)
2020-04-14
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 780(+4.4%) 35(+2.9%)
2020-04-15
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 822(+5.4%) 37(+5.7%)
2020-04-16
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 864(+5.1%) 37(=)
2020-04-17
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 866(+0.23%) 37(=)
2020-04-18
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 879(+1.5%) 38(+2.7%)
2020-04-19
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 884(+0.57%) 38(=)
2020-04-20
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 901(+1.9%) 38(=)
2020-04-21
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 909(+0.89%) 38(=)
2020-04-22
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​
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 918(+0.99%) 38(=)
2020-04-23
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​
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 922(+0.44%) 38(=)
2020-04-24
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​
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 939(+1.8%) 38(=)
2020-04-25
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 949(+1.1%) 38(=)
2020-04-26
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 967(+1.9%) 39(+2.6%)
2020-04-27
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 975(+0.83%) 40(+2.6%)
2020-04-28
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 980(+0.51%) 40(=)
2020-04-29
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 994(+1.4%) 41(+2.5%)
2020-04-30
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 998(+0.4%) 41(=)
2020-05-01
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 1,009(+1.1%) 42(+2.4%)
2020-05-02
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 1,013(+0.4%) 42(=)
2020-05-03
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 1,018(+0.49%) 43(+2.4%)
2020-05-04
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​
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 1,022(+0.39%) 43(=)
2020-05-05
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 1,025(+0.29%) 43(=)
2020-05-06
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 1,026(+0.1%) 44(+2.3%)
2020-05-07
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​
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 1,030(+0.39%) 45(+2.3%)
2020-05-08
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 1,032(+0.19%) 45(=)
2020-05-09
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 1,032(=) 45(=)
2020-05-10
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​
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 1,032(=) 45(=)
2020-05-11
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​
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 1,032(=) 45(=)
2020-05-12
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​
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 1,032(=) 45(=)
2020-05-13
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​
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 1,032(=) 45(=)
2020-05-14
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 1,035(+0.29%) 45(=)
2020-05-15
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 1,037(+0.19%) 45(=)
2020-05-16
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 1,037(=) 45(=)
2020-05-17
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 1,043(+0.58%) 46(+2.2%)
2020-05-18
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 1,044(+0.1%) 47(+2.2%)
2020-05-19
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 1,045(+0.1%) 47(=)
2020-05-20
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 1,046(+0.1%) 47(=)
2020-05-21
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 1,048(+0.19%) 47(=)
2020-05-22
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 1,048(=) 48(+2.1%)
2020-05-23
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 1,051(+0.29%) 48(=)
2020-05-24
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​
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 1,051(=) 48(=)
2020-05-25
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​
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 1,051(=) 48(=)
2020-05-26
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 1,068(+1.6%) 48(=)
2020-05-27
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 1,071(+0.28%) 48(=)
2020-05-28
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 1,076(+0.47%) 48(=)
2020-05-29
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 1,077(+0.09%) 48(=)
2020-05-30
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 1,084(+0.65%) 48(=)
2020-05-31
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 1,086(+0.18%) 48(=)
2020-06-01
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 1,087(+0.09%) 49(+2.1%)
2020-06-02
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 1,087(=) 49(=)
2020-06-03
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 1,087(=) 49(=)
2020-06-04
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 1,087(=) 49(=)
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 1,087(=) 49(=)
2020-06-08
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 1,087(=) 49(=)
2020-06-09
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 1,087(=) 49(=)
2020-06-10
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 1,093(+0.55%) 49(=)
2020-06-11
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 1,094(+0.09%) 49(=)
2020-06-12
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 1,096(+0.18%) 49(=)
2020-06-13
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 1,110(+1.3%) 49(=)
2020-06-14
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 1,125(+1.4%) 49(=)
2020-06-15
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 1,128(+0.27%) 50(+2%)
2020-06-16
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 1,132(+0.35%) 50(=)
2020-06-17
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 1,146(+1.2%) 50(=)
2020-06-18
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 1,156(+0.87%) 50(=)
2020-06-19
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 1,157(+0.09%) 50(=)
2020-06-20
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 1,157(=) 50(=)
2020-06-21
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 1,159(+0.17%) 50(=)
2020-06-22
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 1,160(+0.09%) 50(=)
2020-06-23
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 1,162(+0.17%) 50(=)
2020-06-24
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 1,164(+0.17%) 50(=)
Sources:

Economic consequences

On 18 March 2020, the President of the Tunis Stock Exchange (BVMT) noted a 14.2% drop in the stock market index in Tunisia.[11] On 21 March 2020, the flagship index of the Tunis Stock Exchange finished falling by 7.3% to 6,138.82 points.[12]

Statistics
Cases identified by Governorate
Governorate Cases Deaths Recoveries
Tunis 242 9 226
Kébili 111 1 107
Ariana 104 5 97
Ben Arous 102 4 95
Médenine 97 5 87
Sousse 95 8 80
Gafsa 50 1 45
Monastir 47 0 43
Manouba 44 5 35
Sfax 43 5 33
Tataouine 38 1 35
Bizerte 31 1 27
Gabès 28 0 28
Mahdia 26 2 18
Nabeul 24 1 15
Kairouan 20 0 10
Sidi Bouzid 12 1 8
Kasserine 16 0 9
Le Kef 11 1 7
Béja 7 0 5
Siliana 6 0 4
Tozeur 5 0 5[13]
Zaghouan 3 0 3
Jendouba 2 0 1
Total 1164 50 1023
Source: Ministry of Public Health[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][2]

As of 25 June 2020

See also

References
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