Table 2.
Emerging COVID-19 space–time clusters and their RR for having more observed than expected COVID-19 cases from January 21 to April 15, April 30 and May 15, 2020, at the country level within the Latin American, Caribbean, and African regions.
| Region, date range, and cluster number | Cluster | Duration | RRa,b | |||||
| Latin America and Caribbean | ||||||||
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January 21 to April 15 | |||||||
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1 | Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru | March 29-April 15, 2020 | 5.27 | |||
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2 | Barbados | March 31-April 15, 2020 | 2.81 | |||
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3 | Mexico | March 21-April 15, 2020 | 14.07 | |||
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4 | Dominican Republic | March 22-April 15, 2020 | 5.94 | |||
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5 | Puerto Rico, Saint Maarten, Virgin Islands | March 22-April 15, 2020 | 9.88 | |||
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6 | Antigua and Barbuda | March 21-April 15, 2020 | 14.22 | |||
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7 | Saint Vincent | March 17-April 15, 2020 | 2.08 | |||
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8 | Chile | March 29-April 15, 2020 | 18.02 | |||
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9 | Curacao | April 6-15, 2020 | 1.94 | |||
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10 | Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador | March 22-April 15, 2020 | 4.54 | |||
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11 | Bahamas, Cuba | March 18-April 15, 2020 | 1.74 | |||
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12 | Saint Lucia | April 10-15, 2020 | 1.33 | |||
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13 | Argentina, Uruguay | April 12-15, 2020 | 1.61 | |||
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14 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | April 14-15, 2020 | 4.66 | |||
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15 | Dominica | March 22-April 15, 2020 | 3.98 | |||
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January 21 to April 30 | |||||||
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1 | Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Venezuela | April 7-30, 2020 | 5.85 | |||
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2 | Barbados | April 15-30, 2020 | 3.44 | |||
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3 | Mexico | March 21-April 30, 2020 | 7.64 | |||
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4 | Dominican Republic | March 29-April 30, 2020 | 3.84 | |||
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5 | Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia | April 22-30, 2020 | 1.67 | |||
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6 | Peru | March 29-April 30, 2020 | 2.95 | |||
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7 | Saint Maarten | March 29-April 30, 2020 | 11.47 | |||
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8 | Chile | March 29-April 30, 2020 | 6.47 | |||
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9 | Virgin Islands | March 20-April 30, 2020 | 2.94 | |||
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10 | El Salvador | March 17-April 30, 2020 | 4.49 | |||
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11 | Costa Rica | April 28-30, 2020 | 1.26 | |||
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January 21 to May 15 | |||||||
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1 | Bolivia, Brazil, Barbados, Colombia, Grenada, Guyana, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname, Trinidad, Uruguay, Venezuela | April 25-May 15, 2020 | 3.40 | |||
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2 | Panama | April 14-May 15, 2020 | 8.28 | |||
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3 | Ecuador | April 7-May 15, 2020 | 5.32 | |||
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4 | Mexico | March 24-May 15, 2020 | 4.54 | |||
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5 | Dominican Republic | April 8-May 15, 2020 | 2.80 | |||
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6 | Saint Lucia | May 6-15, 2020 | 1.64 | |||
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7 | Costa Rica | May 8-15, 2020 | 1.34 | |||
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8 | Saint Maarten | March 29-May 15, 2020 | 4.41 | |||
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9 | Jamaica | May 4-15, 2020 | 1.35 | |||
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10 | Chile | March 29-May 15, 2020 | 3.17 | |||
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11 | Antigua and Barbuda | March 21-May 15, 2020 | 1.85 | |||
| Africa | ||||||||
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16 | Botswana, Mozambique, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe | March 22-April 15, 2020 | 5.91 | |||
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17 | Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Algeria, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo | March 31-April 15, 2020 | 5.54 | |||
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18 | Rwanda, Uganda | March 19-April 15, 2020 | 15.17 | |||
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19 | Djibouti | April 4-15, 2020 | 165.84 | |||
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20 | Mauritius | March 20-April 15, 2020 | 136.05 | |||
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21 | Gabon, Equatorial Guinea | March 23-April 15, 2020 | 5.17 | |||
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22 | Reunion | April 14-15, 2020 | 37.35 | |||
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23 | Egypt | April 13-15, 2020 | 52.20 | |||
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24 | Sao Tome and Principe | April 12-15, 2020 | 5.56 | |||
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25 | Libya, Tunisia | April 14-15, 2020 | 3.47 | |||
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26 | Somalia | March 14-15, 2020 | 16.18 | |||
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27 | Sudan | March 22-April 15, 2020 | 1.84 | |||
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January 21 to April 30 | |||||||
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12 | Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Algeria, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo | March 31-April 30, 2020 | 4.26 | |||
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13 | Comoros, Mozambique, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe | March 22-April 30, 2020 | 4.85 | |||
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14 | Djibouti | April 5-30, 2020 | 108.36 | |||
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15 | Mauritius | March 20-April 30, 2020 | 117.76 | |||
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16 | Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe | April 5-30, 2020 | 4.71 | |||
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17 | Rwanda, Uganda | March 19-April 30, 2020 | 6.57 | |||
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18 | Egypt | April 13-30, 2020 | 33.32 | |||
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19 | Nigeria | April 28-30, 2020 | 3.83 | |||
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20 | Tunisia | April 28-30, 2020 | 4.03 | |||
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21 | Reunion | April 11-30, 2020 | 4.05 | |||
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22 | Botswana | March 20-April 30, 2020 | 1.88 | |||
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23 | Chad | April 24-30, 2020 | 2.69 | |||
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24 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | April 26-30, 2020 | 6.08 | |||
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25 | South Sudan | April 16-30, 2020 | 2.57 | |||
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26 | Sudan | April 23-30, 2020 | 2.61 | |||
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27 | Cape Verde | April 29-30, 2020 | 2.16 | |||
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28 | Republic of Kong | April 29-30, 2020 | 3.42 | |||
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29 | Somalia | March 14-April 30, 2020 | 6.10 | |||
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12 | Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Algeria, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo | April 3-May 15, 2020 | 4.84 | |||
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13 | Comoros, Mozambique, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe | April 11-May 15, 2020 | 7.35 | |||
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14 | Mauritius | March 20-May 15, 2020 | 151.42 | |||
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15 | Djibouti | April 4-May 15, 2020 | 60.47 | |||
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16 | Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe | April 12-May 15, 2020 | 5.65 | |||
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17 | Egypt | April 13-May 15, 2020 | 25.85 | |||
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18 | Nigeria | April 28-May 15, 2020 | 2.33 | |||
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19 | Chad | April 28-May 15, 2020 | 4.38 | |||
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20 | Rwanda, Uganda | March 19-May 15, 2020 | 3.79 | |||
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21 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | May 8-15, 2020 | 11.98 | |||
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22 | South Sudan, Tanzania | May 3-15, 2020 | 4.35 | |||
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23 | Reunion | April 14-May 15, 2020 | 3.68 | |||
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24 | Republic of Congo | May 4-15, 2020 | 3.45 | |||
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25 | Seychelles | May 6-15, 2020 | 3.31 | |||
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26 | Cape Verde | May 5-15, 2020 | 1.49 | |||
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27 | Libya | April 7-May 15, 2020 | 2.12 | |||
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28 | Botswana | March 20-May 15, 2020 | 1.26 | |||
aRR: relative risk estimate.
bAll RRs have a P value <.001.