COVID-19 pandemic in Mauritania

The COVID-19 pandemic has been occurring in Mauritania since March 2020 as part of the global COVID-19 pandemic that began in China in December 2019. The pandemic affects the novel disease COVID-19 . This is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus from the Coronaviridae group and belongs to the group of respiratory diseases . From March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) classified the outbreak of the novel coronavirus as a global pandemic.

course

On March 13, 2020, the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Mauritania. This first case was confirmed by the WHO on March 15th. On March 18, the Mauritanian health minister announced the second positive coronavirus case in the country. The person arrived in the country ten days before the discovery. A third coronavirus case was reported on March 26th. It was a Mauritanian citizen who had returned to Mauritania from France on March 15.

On March 30, 2020, the country recorded the first COVID-19-related death.

According to the Mauritanian authorities, there was no active case from April 18, 2020 to May 1, 2020. It was thus one of the countries that had no active case after confirmed infections.

However, on May 1, 2020, a new case of COVID-19 was confirmed by the WHO.

As of May 3, 2020, there are 8 confirmed cases in Mauritania, 6 of which have recovered and one person has died.

statistics

The number of cases developed during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mauritania as follows:

Infections

Confirmed infections (cumulative) in Mauritania
according to WHO data

New infections in Mauritania
according to WHO data

Deaths

Confirmed deaths (cumulative) in Mauritania
according to WHO data

Confirmed deaths (daily) in Mauritania
according to WHO data

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Cases reported to WHO by national authorities are listed here. Since the situation is very dynamic, there may be discrepancies or delays between the cases of the WHO and the data of national authorities as well as the information provided by other bodies, such as the Johns Hopkins University (CSSE).

See also

• COVID-19 pandemic in Africa

Web links

Commons : COVID-19 Pandemic in Mauritania  - Pictures, Videos and Audio Files Collection

• World Health Organization (WHO): Coronavirus disease (COVID-2019) situation reports on the website www.who.int (English)
• Johns Hopkins CSSE : Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases. (English)
• Website World of Meters : real-time data of the Corona virus pandemic (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} [1]
2. ↑ Pulmonologists on the net: Covid-19: Causes . Online at www.lungenaerzte-im-netz.de. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
3. ↑ Tagesschau: "Deeply worried". WHO speaks of corona pandemic . March 11, 2020. Online at www.tagesschau.de. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
4. ↑ World Health Organization (WHO): Situation reports. In: who.int. Retrieved April 14, 2020 (English). 
5. ↑ SAMB Médoune: Coronavirus: Second case discovered in Mauritania ( en ) March 18, 2020.
6. ↑ تسجيل إصابة جديدة فيروس كورونا بموريتانيا . March 26, 2020.
7. ↑ موريتانيا تعلن عن أول حالة وفاة بسبب "كورونا" ( ar ) March 30, 2020.
8. ↑ موريتانيا تعلن خلوها من فيروس كورونا. Retrieved April 22, 2020 (Arabic). 
9. ↑ [2]
10. ↑ ^{a b c d} Coronavirus disease (COVID-2019) situation reports. WHO, accessed on August 9, 2020 .