COVID-19 pandemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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COVID-19 pandemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Number of cases by Province.   ≥ 10 000   1 000 - 9 999   500 - 999   100 - 499   10 - 99   1 - 9   0
Disease	COVID-19
Virus strain	SARS-CoV-2
Location	DR Congo
First outbreak	Wuhan, Hubei, China
Index case	Kinshasa
Arrival date	10 March 2020 (11 months, 2 weeks and 2 days)
Confirmed cases	25,144 (as of 22 February)[1] [2]
Active cases	8,309 (as of 22 February)
Recovered	16,135 (as of 22 February)
Deaths	700 (as of 22 February)
Government website
www.stopcoronavirusrdc.info

The MONUSCO Force Intervention Brigade has taken measures to boost hygiene to help slow the spread of the virus.

The COVID-19 pandemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is part of the 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 the Democratic Republic of the Congo on 10 March 2020. The first few confirmed cases were all outside arrivals.^[3]