COVID-19 pandemic in Ivory Coast | |
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | Ivory Coast |
First outbreak | Wuhan, China |
Index case | Abidjan |
Arrival date | 11 March 2020 (4 years, 5 months, 1 week and 1 day) |
Confirmed cases | 88,434[1] (updated 17 August 2024) |
Deaths | 835[1] (updated 17 August 2024) |
The COVID-19 pandemic in Ivory Coast 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 Ivory Coast in March 2020.[2]