Table 1.
Covid-19 positivity rates and beginning of data collection according to region from 1st March to 5th October 2020 in Cameroon
| COVID-19 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspected cases |
Confirmed cases |
Data Collection |
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| Regions | N=85 206 | (%)* | n = 14 863 | (17.4%)** | Started on | First case identified on |
| Adamawa | 1 764 | 2.1 | 318 | (18.0) | 23/03 | 10/04 |
| Centre | 52 697 | 61.8 | 8 989 | (17.1) | 15/02 | 05/03 |
| East | 3 099 | 3.6 | 828 | (26.7) | 29/03 | 08/04 |
| Far North | 765 | 0.9 | 193 | (25.2) | 26/03 | 07/04 |
| Littoral | 14 028 | 16.5 | 2 035 | (14.5) | 04/03 | 17/03 |
| North | 931 | 1.1 | 163 | (17.5) | 24/03 | 24/04 |
| North West | 1 467 | 1.7 | 470 | (32.0) | 24/03 | 19/04 |
| South | 1 608 | 1.9 | 456 | (28.4) | 14/03 | 31/03 |
| South West | 3 127 | 3.7 | 734 | (23.5) | 24/03 | 26/03 |
| West | 5 720 | 6.7 | 677 | (11.8) | 08/03 | 17/03 |
*(Ni/N)**(ni/Ni) Ni: suspected cases tested per regions; N: total number of suspected cases; ni=number of positive cases per region