COVID-19 pandemic in Tunisia
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2020 coronavirus pandemic in Tunisia | |
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![]() Governorates of Tunisia with confirmed cases Confirmed 1~9 Confirmed 10~99 Confirmed 100~499 As of 10 March 2020 | |
Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | Tunisia |
First outbreak | Italy France Turkey |
Index case | Gabès |
Arrival date | 2 March 2020 (4 years, 3 months, 2 weeks and 4 days) |
Confirmed cases | 1,488 (as of 29 July)[1] |
Recovered | 1,178 (as of 29 July) |
Deaths | 50 (as of 3 July) |
Government website | |
covid-19.tn |
Tunisia confirmed its first case on 2 March 2020, with the victim being a 40-year-old Tunisian man from Gafsa returning from Italy.[2][3] On 3 July 2020, a total of 1,181 cases of contamination were confirmed, as were 50 deaths and 1,045 people recovered.
On 18 March 2020, the President of the Tunis Stock Exchange (BVMT) noted a 14.2% drop in the stock market index in Tunisia.[4]On 21 March 2020, the flagship index of the Tunis Stock Exchange finished falling by 7.3% to 6,138.82 points.[5]