COVID-19 pandemic in Togo | |
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | Togo |
First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
Index case | Lomé |
Arrival date | 6 March 2020 (4 years, 6 months and 1 day) |
Confirmed cases | 39,530[1] (updated 17 August 2024) |
Deaths | 290[1] (updated 17 August 2024) |
The COVID-19 pandemic in Togo was a part of the ongoing 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 Togo in March 2020.[2]