Coronavirus Stats In Frontier Markets
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) which first emerged in Wuhan, China. The spread of the disease has caused shockwaves on a global level with major outbreaks occurring in China, South Korea, Italy and Iran. It was officially labelled as a pandemic by the World Health Organisation on Wednesday 11th March 2020.
Global Frontier Market equities have taken a hit as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak. The table below shows the total number of cases, deaths, recoveries and active cases of COVID-19 in Frontier Markets (source: Worldometers).
Last Updated on Wednesday 21st October 2020
Country |
Total Cases |
Total Deaths |
Total Recovered |
Active Cases |
Argentina |
1,018,999 |
27,100 |
829,647 |
162,252 |
Bahrain |
78,533 |
307 |
75,089 |
3,137 |
Bangladesh |
393,131 |
5,723 |
308,845 |
78,563 |
Botswana |
5,609 |
21 |
915 |
4,673 |
Bulgaria |
31,863 |
1,019 |
17,414 |
13,430 |
Croatia |
28,287 |
393 |
21,435 |
6,459 |
Cyprus |
2,966 |
25 |
1,444 |
1,497 |
Estonia |
4,171 |
71 |
3,334 |
766 |
Ghana |
47,461 |
312 |
46,752 |
397 |
Iran |
545,286 |
31,346 |
438,709 |
75,231 |
Jamaica |
8,445 |
174 |
4,016 |
4,255 |
Kazakhstan |
109,766 |
1,796 |
105,301 |
2,669 |
Kenya |
46,144 |
858 |
32,760 |
12,526 |
Kuwait |
118,531 |
721 |
109,916 |
7,894 |
Latvia |
3,797 |
47 |
1,341 |
2,409 |
Lebanon |
65,577 |
536 |
30,470 |
34,571 |
Lithuania |
8,239 |
120 |
3,599 |
4,520 |
North Macedonia |
24,836 |
862 |
17,905 |
6,069 |
Malta |
5,026 |
46 |
3,331 |
1,649 |
Mauritius |
419 |
10 |
379 |
30 |
Mongolia |
327 |
0 |
312 |
15 |
Namibia |
12,406 |
133 |
10,587 |
1,686 |
Nigeria |
61,630 |
1,125 |
56,798 |
3,707 |
Oman |
111,484 |
1,137 |
97,367 |
12,980 |
Panama |
125,739 |
2,585 |
102,028 |
21,126 |
Romania |
191,102 |
6,065 |
137,835 |
47,202 |
Serbia |
37,120 |
781 |
31,536 |
4,803 |
Slovakia |
33,602 |
98 |
8,404 |
25,100 |
Slovenia |
15,982 |
200 |
6,922 |
8,860 |
Sri Lanka |
5,977 |
13 |
3,501 |
2,463 |
Tanzania |
509 |
21 |
183 |
305 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
5,392 |
101 |
3,822 |
1,469 |
Tunisia |
45,892 |
740 |
5,032 |
40,120 |
Uganda |
10,933 |
98 |
7,154 |
3,681 |
UAE |
119,132 |
472 |
111,814 |
6,846 |
Vietnam |
1,144 |
35 |
1,046 |
63 |
Total |
3,325,457 |
85,091 |
2,636,943 |
603,423 |