COVID-19 pandemic in Madagascar | |
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | Madagascar |
First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
Index case | Antananarivo |
Arrival date | 13 March 2020 (4 years, 10 months and 5 days) |
Confirmed cases | 68,598[1] (updated 21 January 2025) |
Deaths | 1,428[1] (updated 21 January 2025) |
The COVID-19 pandemic in Madagascar is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). On 20 March 2020, the first case in Madagascar was confirmed in Antananarivo.