COVID-19 pandemic in Ecuador
The COVID-19 pandemic was reported to have spread to Ecuador on 29 February 2020. That was when a woman in her 70s tested positive for the virus. Ecuador was described in April as the growing "epicentre" of the pandemic in Latin America.[3]
| COVID-19 pandemic in Ecuador | |
|---|---|
 10-99 Confirmed cases reported
100-999 Confirmed cases reported
1,000-9,999 Confirmed cases reported
More of 10,000 Confirmed cases reported | |
| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Location | Ecuador |
| First outbreak | Spain |
| Index case | Guayaquil |
| Arrival date | 14 February 2020 (4 years, 1 month, 2 weeks and 2 days) Confirmed 29 February 2020 (4 years, 1 month and 1 day) |
| Confirmed cases | 198,244[1] |
| Suspected cases‡ | 20,542[1] |
| Recovered | 174,188[1] |
Deaths | 9,269[1] (+4,511 suspected deaths)[2][note 1] |
| Government website | |
| coronavirusecuador www | |
| ‡Suspected cases have not been confirmed by laboratory tests as being due to this strain, although some other strains may have been ruled out. | |
Deaths change
The city of Guayaquil had so many deaths that bodies were left in the street.[4] Ecuador gave out cardboard coffins because the country had difficulty removing all the dead bodies.[5][6] The government was planning to build emergency cemeteries to dispose of the bodies which are left in the streets.[7]
Vaccination change
In April 2021, newly elected President Guillermo Lasso said that his main priorities after being inaugurated would be to increase the COVID-19 vaccination rates in the country.[8] Lassos said he aim for bilateral talks with Russia, China, the United States, the European Union and Chile to try to acquire vaccines.[8]
Numbers change
The number of deaths was believed to be higher than the official figure because not enough testing was being done.[9] A New York Times analysis found 7,600 more deaths had happened from 1 March to 15 April as the mortality rate spiked to three times as much as usual. That showed that the official death toll was lower than the actual death toll.[10]
Current number of cases by provinces change
| Provinces [11] | Confirmed Cases | Confirmed Deaths [12] |
|---|---|---|
| Guayas | 11,705 | 1,059 |
| Indeterminated area (Rapid Test) | 8,937 | – |
| Pichincha | 2,096 | 105 |
| Manabí | 1,299 | 252 |
| Los Ríos | 1,026 | 76 |
| El Oro | 672 | 114 |
| Azuay | 569 | 24 |
| Santa Elena | 534 | 191 |
| Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas | 389 | 39 |
| Esmeraldas | 290 | 43 |
| Tungurahua | 273 | 34 |
| Loja | 257 | 14 |
| Chimborazo | 256 | 66 |
| Cañar | 241 | 22 |
| Cotopaxi | 168 | 36 |
| Bolívar | 167 | 18 |
| Imbabura | 126 | 11 |
| Pastaza | 97 | 4 |
| Carchi | 96 | 8 |
| Galápagos | 70 | 1 |
| Zamora-Chinchipe | 68 | 2 |
| Sucumbíos | 65 | 3 |
| Orellana | 60 | 1 |
| Napo | 54 | 3 |
| Morona Santiago | 44 | 1 |
 Ecuador |
29,559 | 2,127 |
Notes change
References change
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Coronavirus Ecuador" (in Spanish). Gobierno de la República de Ecuador. Archived from the original on 2020-04-01. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
- ↑ "Casos de coronavirus en Ecuador, miércoles 13 de mayo: 30486 confirmados, 2334 fallecidos" (in Spanish). El Universo. 8 May 2020.
- ↑ "Uncollected bodies lie for days in the streets of Ecuador the emerging epicentre of the coronavirus in Latin America". Stuff/Fairfax. 4 April 2020.
- ↑ "Ecuador coronavirus: Bodies are being left in the streets in an overwhelmed city". msn.com. Retrieved 2020-04-05.
- ↑ Phillips, Tom; Moncada, Blanca (2020-04-05). "Ecuador: cardboard coffins distributed amid coronavirus fears". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
- ↑ Ecuador distributes cardboard coffins to cope with Covid-19 – CNN Video, 7 April 2020, retrieved 2020-04-08
- ↑ "Ecuador builds emergency cemeteries due to coronavirus outbreak". Reuters. 2020-04-08. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Guillermo Lasso: Ecuador's new president faces uphill struggle". BBC. 24 May 2021.
- ↑ "Coronavirus nightmare in Ecuador's main city Guayaquil – pictures". BBC. 17 April 2020.
- ↑ Cabrera, José María León; Kurmanaev, Anatoly (23 April 2020). "Ecuador's Death Toll During Outbreak Is Among the Worst in the World". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ↑ "Actualización de casos de coronavirus en Ecuador – Ministerio de Salud Pública" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-04-10.
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Salud_Ec/status/1255896134024941571