COVID-19 pandemic in Dominica
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| COVID-19 pandemic in Dominica | |
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| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Location | Dominica |
| First outbreak | Wuhan, China |
| Arrival date | 22 March 2020 (4 years, 7 months, 1 week and 4 days) |
| Confirmed cases | 18[1] (2020-05-20) |
| Active cases | 0[1][2] |
| Recovered | 18[1] |
Deaths | 0[1] |
| Government website | |
| dominica.gov.dm/corona | |
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Dominica on 22 March 2020.[3]
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
Date |
# of cases
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-03-22 | 1 | |||
| 2020-03-23 | 2(+100%) | |||
| 2020-03-24 | 7(+250%) | |||
| 2020-03-25 | 11(+57%) | |||
| ⋮ | 11(=) | |||
| 2020-03-29 | 11(=) | |||
| 2020-03-30 | 12(+9%) | |||
| ⋮ | 12(=) | |||
| 2020-04-02 | 12(=) | |||
| 2020-04-03 | 14(+17%) | |||
| 2020-04-04 | 14 | |||
| 2020-04-05 | 14(=) | |||
| 2020-04-06 | 15(+9%) | |||
| ⋮ | 15(=) | |||
| 2020-04-09 | 15(=) | |||
| 2020-04-10 | 16(+7%) | |||
| 2020-04-11 | 16(=) | |||
| 2020-04-12 | 16(=) | |||
| ⋮ | 16(=) | |||
| 2020-04-20 | 16(=) | |||
| 2020-04-21 | 16(=) | |||
| ⋮ | 16(=) | |||
| 2020-04-24 | 16(=) | |||
| 2020-04-25 | 16(=) | |||
| 2020-04-26 | 16(=) | |||
- On 22 March, the country's first case of COVID-19 was announced, a 54-year-old man who returned from the United Kingdom.[3]
- By 25 May 2020, Dominica had had 16 cases of Covid-19, and all of them had recovered.
- A month later,i.e. 25 June 2020, Dominica had 18 overall cases of Covid-19, all of them cured.
See also
- COVID-19 pandemic in North America
- COVID-19 pandemic by country and territory
- Caribbean Public Health Agency
- 2020 in the Caribbean
- Influx of disease in the Caribbean
- HIV/AIDS in Latin America
- 2013–2014 chikungunya outbreak
- 2009 swine flu pandemic
- 2019–2020 dengue fever epidemic
References
- ^ a b c d "Ministry of Health, Wellness and New Health Investment Response to COVID-19". Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica. 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
- ^ "MAY 17TH, DOMINICA CORONAVIRUS UPDATE". Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
- ^ a b "WATCH: Dominica records first case of coronavirus". loopjamaica. 22 March 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "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.
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