| COVID-19 pandemic in Montserrat | |
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| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Location | Montserrat |
| Arrival date | 18 March 2020 (4 years, 2 months, 3 weeks and 3 days) |
| Confirmed cases | 1,531[1] |
| Active cases | 76 |
| Recovered | 1,449 |
Deaths | 6 |
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The COVID-19 pandemic in Montserrat was a part of the ongoing global viral pandemicofcoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which was confirmed to have reached the British Overseas TerritoryofMontserrat on 17 March 2020.[2] The first death occurred on 24 April 2020.[3] By 15 May, all patients had recovered.[4] On 10 July, a new case was discovered.[5] On 7 August, there were no more active cases.[1]
On 12 January, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that a novel coronavirus was the cause of a respiratory illness in a cluster of people in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, who had initially come to the attention of the WHO on 31 December 2019.[6][7]
Unlike SARS of 2003, the case fatality ratio for COVID-19 [8][9] has been much lower, but the transmission has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll.[10][8]
The island had a population of 4,649 people in 2018.[11] Testing for COVID-19 was being performed by the Caribbean Public Health Agency.[12] until 13 May when the island received their own testing machine.[13] There is one small hospital (Glendon Hospital) which has no ICU capacity. Specialised health care has to be performed on AntiguaorGuadeloupe.[14]
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# of cases
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| 2020-03-18 | 1(n.a.) | |||
| ⋮ | 1(=) | |||
| 2020-03-23 | 2(+100%) | |||
| ⋮ | 2(=) | |||
| 2020-03-26 | 5(+150%) | |||
| ⋮ | 5(=) | |||
| 2020-04-03 | 6[a](+20%) | |||
| ⋮ | 6(=) | |||
| 2020-04-07 | 9(+50%) | |||
| ⋮ | 9(=) | |||
| 2020-04-12 | 11(+22%) | |||
| ⋮ | 11(=) | |||
| 2020-04-17 | 11(=) | |||
| ⋮ | 11(=) | |||
| 2020-04-24 | 11(=) | |||
| ⋮ | 11(=) | |||
| 2020-04-29 | 11(=) | |||
| 2020-04-30 | 11(=) | |||
| 2020-05-01 | 11(=) | |||
| ⋮ | 11(=) | |||
| 2020-05-08 | 11(=) | |||
| ⋮ | 11(=) | |||
| 2020-05-15 | 11(=) | |||
| ⋮ | 11(=) | |||
| 2020-07-10 | 12(+9.1%) | |||
| ⋮ | 12(=) | |||
| 2020-08-07 | 13(+8.3%) | |||
| Data sourced from gov.ms | ||||
On 18 March, the first case in Montserrat was confirmed. The patient had travelled from LondontoAntigua before arriving in Montserrat. On the 13 March the authorities had notified that a COVID-19 patient had been discovered on that flight and subsequently all passengers were quarantined and tested.[2][16]
On 23 March, the second case was confirmed. The patient had no travel history and was the first case of community spread.[17]
On 26 March, three more cases were confirmed to be positive bringing the total to five cases of COVID-19 on the island of Montserrat.[18]
On 7 April, the number of cases had increased to eight.[12]
On 24 April, the first death related to COVID-19 on Montserrat, that of a 92-year female, was announced.[3]
On 25 April, Montserrat had been without new infections for its second week.[19]
On 6 May, Premier Joseph E. Farrell announced that the testing machines for COVID-19 will arrive shortly and that island will soon be able to test.[20]
On 12 May, a business impact assessment was released. COVID-19 caused US$3.6 million in economic disruption.[21]
On 15 May, it was reported that there are no more active cases on Montserrat.[4]
On 10 July, a new case had been discovered. The person had been on the island since March. Contact tracing is under way.[5]
On 7 August, the last two cases recovered, and the island once again has no more active cases.[1]
The island began its vaccination campaign on 8 February 2021; by 11 May, there were 1,321 people in Montserrat (28.4%) who had received at least one dose of the vaccine and 976 (21.0%) had received their second dose.[22]
End of measures.[23]
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