Table 6.
COVID-19 cases and death in the 13 countries through which the equator passes.
| Country a | Latitude | COVID-19 as of 24 March 202116 (Worldometer: Coronavirus https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/) last updated 13.07 GMT | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N tests/1 M pop | N cases/1 M pop | N deaths/1 M pop | Ratio n cases/n deaths/1 M pop | World ranking n cases | World ranking n deaths | ||
| Ecuador | 2°N–5°S | 61,951 | 17,580 | 925 | 19.0 | 98 | 42 |
| Colombia | 12°N–4°S | 240,726 | 45,777 | 1215 | 37.7 | 54 | 28 |
| Brazil | 6°N–34°S | 133,861 | 56,805 | 1399 | 40.6 | 39 | 23 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 0° | 52,194 | 9721 | 153 | 63.5 | 123 | 108 |
| Gabon | 3°N–4°S | 267,214 | 7987 | 48 | 166.4 | 126 | 144 |
| Republic of Congo | 4°N–5°S | 16,472 | 1703 | 24 | 71.0 | 160 | 160 |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | 6°N–14°S | ||||||
| Uganda | 4°N–2°S | 19,717 | 871 | 7 | 124.4 | 181 | 184 |
| Kenya | 5°N–5°S | 26,094 | 2255 | 37 | 60.9 | 151 | 147 |
| Somalia | 12°N–2°S | 640 | 28 | 22.9 | 188 | 154 | |
| Maldives | 8°N–1°S | 1,128,428 | 41,632 | 121 | 344.1 | 61 | 116 |
| Indonesia | 6°N–11°S | 44,519 | 5357 | 154 | 145 | 113 | |
| Kiribati | 3°N–11°S | No data available | |||||
a
Countries listed geographically from West to East.
1 M pop, 1 million population; COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019.