| Country | Date of first WHO reported case | Likely place of exposure of first reported case | Transmission classification at time of data collectiona | Total confirmed cases (deaths)a | Total confirmed cases per 1 million population (deaths)b |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UAE | 29th January | Travel history to China (new) | Pending | 53,614 (244) | 5505.86 (33.47) |
| Egypt | 15th February | In reporting country (new) | Cluster of cases | 80,235 (3702) | 793.07 (36.83) |
| Islamic Republic of Iran | 20th February | Unknown | Community transmission | 252,720 (12,447) | 303,736 (150.43) |
| Lebanon | 22nd February | Outside reporting country and outside China (new) | Cluster of cases | 2082 (36) | 317.66 (5.27) |
| Kuwait | 24th February | Outside reporting country and outside China (new) | Cluster of cases | 53,580 (383) | 12,656.99 (90.38) |
| Bahrain | 25th February | Outside reporting country and outside China (new) | Cluster of cases | 32,039 (104) | 19,077.56 (61.1) |
| Oman | 25th February | Outside reporting country and outside China (new) | Cluster of cases | 53,614 (244) | 10,710 (48.56) |
| Iraq | 25th February | Outside reporting country and outside China (new) | Cluster of cases | 72,469 (2,960) | 1869.43 (75.95) |
| Afghanistan | 25th February | Outside reporting country and outside China (new) | Cluster of cases | 34,351 (975) | 884.99 (25.95) |
| Pakistan | 27th February | Outside reporting country and outside China (new) | Cluster of cases | 246,351 (5123) | 1126.67 (23.53) |
| Qatar | 1st March | Imported case | Community transmission | 102,630 (146) | 35,795.9 (50.68) |
| Jordan | 3rd March | Imported case | Cluster of cases | 1173 (10) | 115.26 (0.98) |
| Saudi Arabia | 3rd March | Imported case | Cluster of cases | 226,486 (2151) | 6591.6 (62,65) |
| Tunisia | 3rd March | Imported case | Community transmission | 1240 (50) | 105.34 (4.23) |
| Morocco | 3rd March | Imported case | Cluster of cases | 15,443 (244) | 421.07 (6.64) |
| Palestine | 5th March | Imported case | Cluster of cases | 6225 (35) | 1311.12 (6.27) |
| Sudan | 14th March | Imported case | Community transmission | 10,204 (649) | 233.76 (14.82) |
| Somalia | 17th March | Imported case | Sporadic cases | 3038 (92) | 191.97 (5.79) |
| Djibouti | 19th March | Imported case | Cluster of cases | 4968 (56) | 5028.34 (56.68) |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 23th March | Imported case | Community transmission | 394 (16) | 22.51 (0.91) |
| Libya | 25th March | Imported case | Cluster of cases | 1342 (38) | 202.15 (5.53) |
| Yemen | 11th April | Unknown | pending | 1352 (355) | 46.57 (12.24) |
UAE; United Arab Emirates; WHO; World Health Organization; Sporadic cases: countries/territories/areas with one or more cases, imported or locally detected; Clusters of cases: countries/territories/areas experiencing cases, clustered in time, geographic location and/or by common exposures; Community transmission: countries/area/territories experiencing larger outbreaks of local transmission defined through an assessment of factors including, but not limited to: – large numbers of cases not linkable to transmission chains – large numbers of cases from sentinel lab surveillance – Multiple unrelated clusters in several areas of the country/territory/area.
Latest World Health Organization situation report at time of submission [34].
World Health Organization [35].