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[Epidemiological profile of COVID-19 in Tombouctou region in Mali]
Oumar Sangho1,2, Allasseini Balam3, Ousmane Boua Togola4
1Département d'Enseignement et de Recherche des Sciences Biologiques et Médicales, FAPH/USTTB, Bamako, Mali.
Introduction:
The objective of our study was to establish the epidemiological profile of COVID-19 in Tombouctou.
Material And Methods:
This was a descriptive cross-sectional study of COVID-19 surveillance data from Tombouctou from April 3 to October 1, 2020. Our variables of interest were extracted from the surveillance database and analyzed with Excel 2013. The frequencies, rate, and ratio were computed.
Results:
Overall, 1851 suspects from all districts of the region were screened by RT-PCR, including 572 confirmed, which indicate a positivity rate of 30.90%. The 15-34 age group was the most represented with 48% of the confirmed cases. The sex ratio (male / female) of confirmed cases was 2.67. The city of Tombouctou was the epicenter of COVID-19. The Tombouctou region had a detection rate of around 2‰ (1851/928,000) and peaked between weeks 22 and 23 with a case fatality of 2.8%.
Conclusion:
Young people and men were most likely to be infected with COVID-19. We recommend increasing awareness of compliance with barrier measures.
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