COVID-19 pandemic in Tunisia
| COVID-19 pandemic in Tunisia | |
|---|---|
From left to right: First row: Empty streets during quarantine, Second row: People maintaining social distancing, Third row: Pro-Palestinian demonstrations wearing masks, students wearing masks during an exam and fourth row: vaccination station. | |
| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Location | Tunisia |
| First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China. |
| Index case | Gafsa[1] |
| Arrival date | 2 March 2020 (5 years, 5 months and 4 days) |
| Confirmed cases | 1,153,361[2] |
| Recovered | 1,123,938 (updated 16 July 2023) [3] |
Deaths | 29,423[2] |
| Fatality rate | 2.55% |
| Government website | |
| Ministère de la santé | |
The COVID-19 pandemic in Tunisia was a part of the ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The disease was confirmed to have reached Tunisia on 2 March 2020.
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