COVID-19 pandemic in Zambia | |
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | Zambia |
First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
Index case | Lusaka |
Arrival date | 18 March 2020 (4 years, 5 months and 1 day) |
Confirmed cases | 349,842[1] |
Active cases | 11,770[2] |
Recovered | 307,667[2] |
Deaths | 4,077[1] |
Fatality rate | 1.17% |
Vaccinations |
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The COVID-19 pandemic in Zambia was a part of the ongoing 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 Zambia in March 2020.[3]