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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