COVID-19 pandemic in Mozambique
viral pandemic in Mozambique
The COVID-19 pandemic in Mozambique is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was confirmed to have reached Mozambique in March 2020.[3]
| COVID-19 pandemic in Mozambique | |||||||
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| Disease | COVID-19 | ||||||
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 | ||||||
| Location | Mozambique | ||||||
| First outbreak | Wuhan, China | ||||||
| Arrival date | 22 March 2020 (4 years, 7 months, 3 weeks and 5 days) | ||||||
| Confirmed cases | 816 (as of 26 June)[2] | ||||||
| Active cases | 588 (as of 26 June) | ||||||
| Recovered | 223 (as of 26 June) | ||||||
Deaths | 5 (as of 26 June) | ||||||
On 8 April 2020, Mozambique registered seven new positive cases of COVID-19, increasing the total number of confirmed cases to 17, nine of which are local transmissions.[4]
After ending June with 254 confirmed cases, the number of confirmed cases had doubled by 13 June, with a further 44 cases confirmed on that day alone.[5]
The country recorded its third death on 14 June, an 84-year-old man from Nampula Province.[6]
References
change- ↑ "COVID-19 - Fica Atento". Archived from the original on 2020-04-11. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
- ↑ "Início". COVID 19 - Fica Atento. Archived from the original on 2020-04-11. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
- ↑ "World Health Organization: A case of COVID-19 confirmed in Mozambique". WHO | Regional Office for Africa. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
- ↑ "World Health Organization: 17 cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Mozambique". WHO | Regional Office for Africa. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ↑ MENAFN. "Mozambique confirms 44 more coronavirus infections". menafn.com. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
- ↑ "Mozambique registers one more COVID-19 death - China.org.cn". www.china.org.cn. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
