COVID-19 pandemic in Ivory Coast

The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Ivory Coast in March 2020.

On 11 March, Ivory Coast recorded its first case of COVID-19. It was an Ivory Coast national who had recently been to Italy. 

On 16 March, the government announced that the total number of confirmed cases had risen to six, and that the patient identified on 11 March had made a recovery. Ivory Coast also suspended flights for countries that had more than 100 cases for 15 days, only allowing citizens and residents, and closed all schools for an initial 30 days.

On 20 March, the government announced five more confirmed cases, bringing the total number to 14. The same day the government decided to close all borders from midnight on 22 March until further notice.

On 27 March, 5 new cases were confirmed, bringing the total over the 100 benchmark with a total of 101 cases along with 2 patients recovering, thus bringing the total of recovered to 3. 

A 58-year-old female patient with diabetes, in a coma since 25 March, became the first death.

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