As of May 30, 2020
| STATUS: Orange | CASES: 244,689 | DEATHS: 1,714 |
ACTUAL SOURCE: World Health Organization COVID-19 Situation Reports. Dotted lines are estimates based on percent of population.
The East Mediterranean region has been trending upwards since May 1 as countries loosen their restrictive movement policies. Below are countries with the most significant changes in daily cases from May 1-7 to May 24-30.
Countries that doubled (or nearly):
- Bahrain 145 to 291
- Kuwait 364 to 803
- Qatar 773 to 1775
Countries that tripled (or more):
- Afghanistan 224 to 654
- Oman 87 to 432 (five-fold)
Due to the combined case level and current growth, this region has elevated to orange status. The only thing keeping this region from being red is a scant 0.70% mortality rate.
The East Mediterranean region contains the following countries based on the WHO’s East Med region, excluding countries with over 40 million citizens.
- Afghanistan
- Bahrain
- Djibouti
- Jordan
- Kuwait
- Lebanon
- Libya
- Morocco
- Oman
- Qatar
- Saudi Arabia
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Syrian Arab Republic
- Tunisia
- UAE
- Yemen
HISTORY
- 5.24.2020 Region surpassed 200,000 cases
- 5.17.2020 Region elevated to Orange status since crossed 150,000 cases. It would have been sooner, except for its scant 0.80% mortality rate.
- 5.9.2020 Region surpassed 100,000 cases