COVID-19 pandemic in New Caledonia

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COVID-19 pandemic in New Caledonia
DiseaseCOVID-19
Virus strainSARS-CoV-2
LocationNew Caledonia
Index caseNouméa
Arrival date18 March 2020
(4 years, 2 months and 2 days ago)
Confirmed cases22[1]
Recovered21[1]
Deaths
0

The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached the French overseas collectivity of New Caledonia on 18 March 2020.[2] All cases are on the main island of Grand Terre and are related to travel abroad.[3] On 7 May, all cases had recovered.[1]

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

COVID-19 cases in New Caledonia  (
)
     Deaths        Recoveries        Active cases
2020202020212021
MarMarAprAprMayMayJunJunJulJulAugAugSepSepOctOctNovNovDecDec
JanJanFebFebMarMarAprAprMayMayJunJunJulJulAugAugSepSep
Last 15 daysLast 15 days
Date
# of cases
# of deaths
2020-03-18
2(n.a.)
⋮
2(=)
2020-03-21
4(+100%)
2020-03-22
2020-03-23
7(n.a.)
2020-03-24
9(+29%)
2020-03-25
14(+56%)
2020-03-26
14(=)
2020-03-27
15(+7.1%)
⋮
15(=)
2020-03-31
16(+6.7%)
⋮
16(=)
2020-04-03
18(+12%)
⋮
18(=)
2020-04-14
18(=)
⋮
18(=)
2020-04-17
18(=)
⋮
18(=)
2020-04-21
18(=)
⋮
18(=)
2020-05-07
18(=)
⋮
18(=)
2021-01-02
40(+122%)
⋮
40(=)
2021-03-09
74(+85%)
⋮
74(=)
2021-03-23
116(+57%)
⋮
116(=)
2021-04-16
123(+6%)
⋮
123(=)
2021-09-07
143(+16%)
2021-09-08
202(+41%)
2021-09-09
253(+25%) 1(n.a.)
2021-09-10
401(+58%) 1(=)
2021-09-11
701(+75%) 1(=)
2021-09-12
957(+37%) 1(=)
2021-09-13
1,286(+34%) 4(+300%)
2021-09-14
1,348(+4.8%) 4(=)
2021-09-15
2,460(+82%) 7(+75%)
2021-09-16
2,843(+16%) 14(+100%)
2021-09-17
3,401(+20%) 16(+14%)
2021-09-18
3,513(+3.3%) 22(+38%)
2021-09-19
3,603(+2.6%) 25(+14%)
Sources:

March 2020

On 17 March, President Thierry Santa announced plans to suspend all flights into the territory as a precautionary measure, with all visitors to self-quarantine, with non-compliance to be punished with a fine.[9]

On 18 March, the first two cases in New Caledonia were confirmed.[2]

Out of forty tests carried out on 21 March, two cases were confirmed, bringing the total number to 4.[10]

On 25 March, four new cases were reported, bringing the total to fourteen.[11]

On 27 March, one new case was reported. The case was imported and brought the collectivity's total to fifteen.[12]

May 2020

On 7 May, all 18 patients had recovered. At the time there were no active cases.[1]

July 2020

On 15 July, one new COVID-19 case was reported bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 22.[13]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "POINT DE SITUATION SANITAIRE INTERMÉDIAIRE" (PDF) (in French). Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Coronavirus Update (Live) – Worldometer". www.worldometers.info.
  3. ^ "President of New Caledonia's Loyalty Islands wants bans lifted". Radio New Zealand. 9 April 2020. Retrieved 19 April 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. ^ a b "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. ^ "Coronavirus: Sweeping restrictions introduced across the Pacific". RNZ. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ "Deux nouveaux cas de coronavirus en Nouvelle-Calédonie". Nouvelle-Calédonie la 1ère (in French). Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  11. ^ "COVID-19: Ninth case in New Caledonia confirmed". Radio New Zealand. 24 March 2020. Archived from the original on 24 March 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  12. ^ "New Caledonia's Covid-19 tally rises to 15". RNZ. 27 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  13. ^ "French soldier tests positive for Covid-19 in New Caledonia". RNZ. 15 July 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2020.


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