The COVID-19 pandemic in East Timor is 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 East Timor in March 2020.
COVID-19 pandemic in East Timor | |
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | East Timor |
First outbreak | Wuhan, China |
Index case | From abroad |
Arrival date | 21 March 2020 (4 years and 6 days) |
Confirmed cases | 23,163 |
Active cases | 44 |
Recovered | 22,981 |
Deaths | 138 |
Government website | |
covid19.gov.tl |
On 12 January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that a novel 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.[1][2]
Unlike the SARS outbreak of 2003, the case fatality ratio for COVID-19 has been much lower,[3][4] but the transmission has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll.[5][3]
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Municipality | Cases[17] | Recovered | Deaths | References |
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Aileu | 126 | 125 | 1 | |
Ainaro | 227 | 224 | 3 | |
Baucau | 1,540 | 1,531 | 7 | |
Bobonaro | 603 | 593 | 9 | |
Cova Lima | 787 | 783 | 3 | |
Dili | 13,728 | 13,642 | 81 | |
Ermera | 1,113 | 1,111 | 2 | |
Lautém | 183 | 178 | 5 | |
Liquiçà | 125 | 124 | 1 | |
Manatuto | 203 | 201 | 2 | |
Manufahi | 265 | 265 | 0 | |
Oecusse | 393 | 390 | 3 | |
Viqueque | 518 | 514 | 5 | |
13/13 | 19,812 | 19,682 | 122 | |
Last update 16 November 2021. |