COVID-19 pandemic in the Central African Republic

The COVID-19 pandemic in the Central African Republic was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached the Central African Republic in March 2020.

COVID-19 pandemic in the Central African Republic
DiseaseCOVID-19
Virus strainSARS-CoV-2
LocationCentral African Republic
First outbreakWuhan, China
Index caseBangui
Arrival date14 March 2020
(3 years, 7 months, 1 week and 6 days)
Confirmed cases15,367[1] (updated 27 October 2023)
Deaths
113[1] (updated 27 October 2023)

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.[2][3]

The case fatality ratio for COVID-19 has been much lower than SARS of 2003,[4][5] but the transmission has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll.[6][4] Model-based simulation for the Central African Republic indicates that the 95% confidence interval for the time-varying reproduction number R t exceeded 1.0 between November 2020 and March 2021.[7]

There are only three ventilators in the entire country.[8]

Timeline
Cases
Cases
Deaths
Deaths

March 2020
  • The country's first case was announced on 14 March, with the patient being identified as a 74-year-old Italian man who returned to the Central African Republic from Milan, Italy.[9]
  • There were six confirmed cases in March, with no recoveries and no deaths.[10]

April to December 2020
  • In April there were 44 new cases,[11] in May 961,[12] in June 2734,[13] in July 863,[14] in August 103,[15] in September 118,[16] in October 37,[17] in November 52,[18] and in December 45.[19] The total number of cases stood at 50 in April,[11] 1011 in May,[12] 3745 in June,[13] 4608 in July,[14] 4711 in August,[15] 4829 in September,[16] 4866 in October,[17] 4918 in November,[18] and 4963 in December.[19]
  • Ten patients recovered in April,[11] leaving 40 active cases at the end of the month. The number of recovered patients increased to 23 in May,[12] 787 in June,[13] 1606 in July,[14] 1914 in September,[16] 1924 in October,[17] and 1929 in November,[18] leaving 40 active cases at the end of April,[11] 986 at the end of May,[12] 2911 at the end of June,[13] 2943 at the end of July,[14] 2859 at the end of August,[15] 2853 at the end of September,[16] 2880 at the end of October,[17] 2926 at the end of November,[18] and 2976 at the end of December.[19]
  • The first two deaths occurred in May.[20] The death toll rose to 47 in June,[13] 59 in July,[14] 62 in August,[15] and 63 in November.[18]

January to December 2021
  • 60,000 doses of the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine were delivered through COVAX and the national vaccination campaign started on 20 May.[21]
  • There were 18 new cases in January,[22] 23 in February,[23] 157 in March,[24] 1250 in April,[25] 680 in May,[26] 3970 in June,[27] 102 in July,[28] 133 in August,[29] 75 in September,[30] 208 in October,[31] 163 in November,[32] and 421 in December. The total number of cases stood at 4981 in January,[22] 5004 in February,[23] 5161 in March,[24] 6411 in April,[25] 7091 in May,[26] 11061 in June,[27] 11163 in July,[28] 11296 in August,[29] 11371 in September,[30] 11579 in October,[31] 11742 in November,[32] and 12163 in December.
  • There were 33 active cases at the end of January,[22] 21 at the end of February,[23] 137 at the end of March,[24] 1211 at the end of April,[25] 134 at the end of May,[26] 4337 at the end of August,[29] 4412 at the end of September,[30] 4559 at the end of October,[31] 429 at the end of November,[32] and 744 at the end of December.
  • The death toll rose to 67 in March,[24] 88 in April,[25] 98 in May,[26] 100 in August,[29] and 101 in November.[32]
  • Modeling carried out by the WHO's Regional Office for Africa suggests that due to under-reporting, the true cumulative number of infections by the end of 2021 was around 2.1 million while the true number of COVID-19 deaths was around one thousand.[33]

January to December 2022
  • There were 1756 new cases in January,[34] 306 in February,[35] 127 in March,[36] 7 in April,[37] 14 in May,[38] 276 in June, 132 in July,[39] 101 in August,[40] 41 in September,[41] 337 in October, 65 in November,[42] and 32 in December.[43] The total number of cases stood at 13919 in January,[34] 14225 in February,[35] 14352 in March,[36] 14359 in April,[37] 14373 in May,[38] 14649 in June, 14781 in July,[39] 14882 in August,[40] 14923 in September,[41] 15260 in October, 15325 in November,[42] and 15357 in December.[43]
  • The number of recovered patients stood at 14210 from March and May,[36][37][38] 14520 from July to September,[39][40] and 14615 in November,[42] leaving 2491 active cases at the end of January,[34] 2094 at the end of February,[35] 29 at the end of March,[36] 36 at the end of April,[37] 50 at the end of May,[38] 148 at the end of July,[39] 249 at the end of August,[40] 290 at the end of September,[41] and 597 at the end of November.[42]
  • The death toll rose to 110 in January and 113 in February.[34][35]

January to December 2023
  • There were 25 new cases from January to April, bringing the total number of cases to 15382.[44]

Statistics

Confirmed new cases per day

See also

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