Epidemic
viral pandemic in Guinea
The COVID-19 pandemic in Guinea 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 virus was confirmed to have reached Guinea in March 2020.
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The COVID-19 pandemic in Guinea 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 virus was confirmed to have reached Guinea in March 2020.
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.
The case fatality ratio for COVID-19 has been much lower than SARS of 2003, but the transmission has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll. Model-based simulations for Guinea suggest that the 95% confidence interval for the time-varying reproduction number R t has been lower than 1.0 since July 2021.
There were 13,722 confirmed cases in 2020. 13,141 patients recovered while 81 persons died. At the end of 2020 there were 500 active cases.
Guinea received a small number of doses of the Sputnik V vaccine and became the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to inoculate some of its high-level officials. 194,400 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine were delivered on 11 April, courtesy of COVAX.
There were 18,949 confirmed cases in 2021, bringing the total number of cases to 32,671. 16,781 patients recovered in 2021 while 310 persons died, bringing the total death toll to 391. At the end of 2021 there were 2,358 active cases.
Modeling by 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 5.9 million while the true number of COVID-19 deaths was around 2,800.
Samples taken between May and October showed that the rapidly spreading BA.5.2.1.7 variant was present in Guinea.
There were 5,539 confirmed cases in 2022, bringing the total number of cases to 38,210. 7,296 patients recovered in 2022 while 75 persons died, bringing the total death toll to 466. At the end of 2022 there were 526 active cases.
There were 362 confirmed cases in 2023, bringing the total number of cases to 38,572. Two persons died, bringing the total death toll to 468.
No. of casesDate010020030040013 Mar 202017 Sep 202024 Mar 2021Confirmed new cases per dayCOVID-19 pandemic in Guinea/Daily
No. of deathsDate0369121513 Mar 20208 Sep 20206 Mar 2021Confirmed deaths per dayCOVID-19 pandemic in Guinea/Daily deaths
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