On 12 January 2020, theWorld Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that anovel 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.[3][4]
Following this announcement, the airports inNiamey andZinder were closed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.[8]
A third case was confirmed to be aBrazilian woman who entered the country on 16 March.[9]
Niger reported a total of seven cases on March 25, including the first death related to COVID-19 in the country on 24 March. The death occurred inNiamey, being a 63-year-oldNigerian national.[10]
There were 34 confirmed cases and 3 deaths in March, leaving 31 active cases at the end of the month.[11]
On 5 May 2020, Nigerien public television stationTélé Sahel announced that Nigerien Labor MinisterMohamed Ben Omar had died from COVID-19.[12]
There were 685 new cases in April,[13] 239 in May,[14] 117 in June,[15] 61 in July,[16] 40 in August,[17] 20 in September,[18] 24 in October,[19] 328 in November,[20] and 1720 in December.[21] The total number of cases stood at 719 in April,[13] 958 in May,[14] 1075 in June,[15] 1136 in July,[16] 1176 in August,[17] 1196 in September,[18] 1220 in October,[19] 1548 in November,[20] and 3268 in December.[21]
There were 452 recoveries in April, leaving 235 active cases at the end of the month.[13] The number of recovered patients rose to 839 in May,[14] 943 in June,[15] 1028 in July,[16] 1107 in September,[18] 1137 in October,[19] 1210 in November,[20] and 1802 in December,[21] leaving 235 active cases at the end of April,[13] 55 at the end of May,[14] 65 at the end of June,[15] 39 at the end of July,[16] 19 at the end of August,[17] 20 at the end of September,[18] 14 at the end of October,[19] 266 at the end of November,[20] and 1362 at the end of December.[21]
The death toll increased by 29 to 32 in April,[13] doubled to 64 in May,[14] rose to 67 in June,[15] 69 in July,[16] 72 in November,[20] and 104 in December.[21]
There were 1,249 new cases in January,[23] 233 in February,[24] 281 in March,[25] 205 in April,[26] 184 in May,[27] 78 in June,[28] 149 in July,[29] 212 in August, 159 in September,[30] 368 in October,[31] 631 in November,[32] and 398 in December.[33] The total number of cases stood at 4,517 in January,[23] 4,740 in February,[24] 5,021 in March,[25] 5,226 in April,[26] 5,410 in May,[27] 5,488 in June,[28] 5,637 in July,[29] 5,849 in August, 6,008 in September,[30] 6,376 in October,[31] 7,007 in November,[32] and 7,405 in December.[33]
The number of recovered patients stood at 3,755 in January,[23] 4,250 in February,[24] 4,641 in March,[25] 4,851 in April,[26] 5,083 in May,[27] 5,206 in June,[28] 5,345 in July,[29] 5,538 in August, 5,754 in September,[30] 6,006 in October,[31] 6,613 in November,[32] and 6,926 in December,[33] leaving 603 active cases at the end of January,[23] 318 at the end of February,[24] 193 at the end of March,[25] 184 at the end of April,[26] 135 at the end of May,[27] 89 at the end of June,[28] 97 at the end of July,[29] 112 at the end of August, 53 at the end of September,[30] 157 at the end of October,[31] 135 at the end of November,[32] and 204 at the end of December.[33]
The death toll rose to 159 in January,[23] 172 in February,[24] 187 in March,[25] 191 in April,[26] 192 in May,[27] 193 in June,[28] 195 in July,[29] 199 in August, 201 in September,[30] 213 in October,[31] 259 in November,[32] and 275 in December.[33]
Modeling carried out by the 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 10.9 million while the true number of COVID-19 deaths was around 14,200.[34]
There were 1,244 new cases in January,[35] 105 in February,[36] 56 in March, 133 in April,[37] 103 in May,[38] 41 in June,[39] 28 in July,[40] 216 in August, 74 in September, 23 in October, 6 in November and 72 in December.[41] The total number of cases stood at 8,649 in January,[35] 8,754 in February,[36] 8,810 in March, 8,943 in April,[37] 9,046 in May,[38] 9,087 in June,[39] 9,115 in July,[40] 9,331 in August, 9,405 in September, 9,428 in October, 9,434 in November and 9,506 in December.[41]
The number of recovered patients increased to 7,947 in January,[35] 8,432 in February,[36] 8,484 in March, 8,524 in April,[37] 8,712 in May,[38] 8,759 in June,[39] 8,779 in July,[40] and 8,967 in December,[41] leaving 404 active cases at the end of January,[35] 15 at the end of February,[36] 18 at the end of March, 110 at the end of April,[37] 24 at the end of May,[38] 17 at the end of June,[39] 25 at the end of July,[40] and 224 at the end of December.[41]
The death toll rose to 298 in January,[35] 307 in February,[36] 308 in March, 309 in April,[37] 310 in May,[38] 311 in June,[39] 312 in August, 313 in September, 314 in October and 315 in December.[41]
^abcde"COVID-19 situation report for WHO Africa Region"(PDF). NIHR global health research unit tackling infections to benefit Africa at the University of Edinburgh. 30 September 2021. p. 41. Retrieved10 October 2021.
