Epidemic
viral outbreak in Tunisia
The COVID-19 pandemic in Tunisia was a part of the ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The disease was confirmed to have reached Tunisia on 2 March 2020.
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The COVID-19 pandemic in Tunisia was a part of the ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The disease was confirmed to have reached Tunisia on 2 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, Hubei, 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 Tunisia indicate that the 95% confidence interval for the time-varying reproduction number R t was higher than 1.0 from July to October 2020.
On 2 March, the first cases of lineage B.1.1.7 (the 'UK variant') were reported in Tunisia. Tunisia's first case of the Omicron variant was reported on 3 December.
On 21 July, Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi fired Faouzi Mehdi as its health minister and appointed Mohamed Trabelsi as caretaker health minister amid a collapse of the healthcare system due to the increase of COVID-19 cases.
There were 588,703 new cases in 2021, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 727,843. 591,122 patients recovered in 2021 while 20,900 died, raising the death toll to 25,576. There were 5,781 active cases at the end of 2021.
On 2 January 2022, one death and five hundred and forty two new cases were reported. There were 179,396 new cases in January, raising the total number of confirmed cases to 907,239. The death toll rose to 26,271. The number of recovered patients increased to 766,677, leaving 114,291 active cases at the end of the month.
There were 90,991 new cases in February, raising the total number of confirmed cases to 998,230. The death toll rose to 27,784. The number of recovered patients increased to 950,873, leaving 19,573 active cases at the end of the month.
There were 39,128 new cases in March, raising the total number of confirmed cases to 1,037,358. The death toll rose to 28,425. The number of recovered patients increased to 1,022,000, leaving no active cases at the end of the month.
There were 3,354 new cases in April, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 1,040,712. The death toll rose to 28,566. The number of recovered patients increased to 1,026,756.
There were 2,160 new cases in May, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 1,042,872. The death toll rose to 28,641. The number of recovered patients increased to 1,028,885.
There were 23,255 new cases in June, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 1,066,127. The death toll rose to 28,748. The number of recovered patients increased to 1,037,537.
There were 68,533 new cases in July, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 1,134,660. The death toll rose to 29,105. The number of recovered patients increased to 1,114,359.
There were 9,802 new cases in August, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 1,143,862. The death toll rose to 29,234.
There were 1,824 new cases in September, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 1,145,686. The death toll rose to 29,246. The number of recovered patients increased to 1,132,266.
There were 907 new cases in October, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 1,146,593. The death toll rose to 29,259. The number of recovered patients increased to 1,133,072.
There were 479 new cases in November, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 1,147,072. The death toll rose to 29,268.
There were 573 new cases in December, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 1,147,645. The death toll rose to 29,285. The number of recovered patients increased to 1,134,465.
There were 2,711 new cases in January, 606 in February, 1,071 in March and 844 in April, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 1,150,356 in January, 1,150,962 in February, 1,152,033 in March and 1,152,877 in April. The death toll rose to 29,308 in January, 29,331 in February, 29,363 in March and 29,398. The number of recovered patients increased to 1,134,769 in January, 1,135,170 in February, 1,136,175 in March and 1,136,957 in April.
On 18 March 2020, the President of the Tunis Stock Exchange (BVMT) noted a 14.2% drop in the stock market index in Tunisia. On 21 March 2020, the flagship index of the Tunis Stock Exchange finished falling by 7.3% to 6,138.82 points.
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