| COVID-19 pandemic in Guadeloupe | |
|---|---|
| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Location | Guadeloupe |
| Arrival date | 13 March 2020 (5 years, 8 months, 1 week and 1 day) |
| Confirmed cases | 203,235[1] |
| Recovered | 201,148[2] |
Deaths | 1,021[1] |
| Fatality rate | 0.56% |
| Government website | |
| https://www.guadeloupe.ars.sante.fr/ | |
TheCOVID-19 pandemic in Guadeloupe was a part of the ongoing globalviral pandemic ofcoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which was confirmed to have spread to the Frenchoverseas department and region ofGuadeloupe on 12 March 2020.
On 12 January 2020, theWorld Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that anovel coronavirus was the cause of a respiratory illness in a cluster of people inWuhan City,Hubei Province,China, which was reported to the WHO on 31 December 2019.[3][4]
Thecase fatality ratio for COVID-19 has been much lower thanSARS of 2003,[5][6] but thetransmission has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll.[7][5]
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On 12 March, the first case ofCOVID-19 in Guadeloupe was confirmed.[8]
As of 16 March, there had been 6 positive cases and no deaths.[9] By 26 March, there had been 84 positive cases and 1 death.[10]
On 21 August, Valérie Denux, director of theRegional Health Agency of Guadeloupe (ARS), announced the archipelago alert threshold was crossed, with an incidence rate of 86.23, per 100,000 inhabitants; doubling in the previous week. A scheduled meeting was scheduled to take place on 25 August, to announce monitoring activity by the COVID-19 committee as well as plans by local authorities on educational institution reopening plans.[11]
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