COVID-19 pandemic in Guadeloupe


The COVID-19 pandemic in Guadeloupe is part of the ongoing global viral pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019, which was confirmed to have spread to the French overseas department and region of Guadeloupe on 12 March 2020.

Background

On 12 January 2020, the World Health Organization confirmed that a novel coronavirus was the cause of a respiratory illness in a cluster of people in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, which was reported to the WHO on 31 December 2019.
The case fatality ratio for COVID-19 has been much lower than SARS of 2003, but the transmission has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll.

Timeline

On 12 March, the first case of COVID-19 in Guadeloupe was confirmed.
As of March 16, there had been 6 positive cases and no deaths. By March 26, there had been 84 positive cases and 1 death.