COVID-19 pandemic in Malawi | |
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | Malawi |
First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China via India |
Index case | Lilongwe |
Arrival date | 2 April 2020 (4 years, 4 months, 2 weeks and 2 days) |
Confirmed cases | 89,168[1] |
Active cases | 596[2] |
Recovered | 58,814[2] |
Deaths | 2,686[1] |
Fatality rate | 3.01% |
Vaccinations | |
Government website | |
http://covid19.health.gov.mw |
The COVID-19 pandemic in Malawi 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 Malawi on 2 April 2020.[3] It has spread to all districts of Malawi.