2020 March • On 16 March, the first case in Somalia was confirmed. Somalia's Health Ministry reported that a Somali citizen was returning home from
China. • By the end of March there had been five confirmed cases. Four cases remained active at the end of the month.
April • On 7 April, the government reported the eighth confirmed case, a 58-year-old Somali man with no travel history. • On 8 April, the
Minister of Health,
Fawziya Abikar Nur, confirmed the first death. On 12 April, Somalia confirmed its second death from coronavirus on Sunday,
Khalif Mumin Tohow, justice minister of
Hirshabelle state, succumbed in Mogadishu's Martini hospital a day after he tested positive in
Jowhar. He was the country's second reported fatality due to COVID-19. • On 14 April, 32 new cases were confirmed, all from
Mogadishu. On 15 April, 20 more cases and three deaths were confirmed in
Somalia. • On 17 April, the Somali Minister of Health, Dr
Fawziya Abikar Nur, said that 36 more cases tested positive (27 male, remainder female; 30 among the ages between 20 and 39 years (83%), and 6 among them aged between 40 and 59 years (14%)). Thus the total confirmed case number reached 116, and one more person had died. • On 25 April, there were 390 confirmed cases and 18 deaths. • During April there were 596 new cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 601. The death toll was 28. There were 542 active cases at the end of the month.
May • On 2 May, there were 601 confirmed cases and 28 deaths, although it was reported that the actual number of deaths may be significantly higher. • There were 1375 new cases in May, raising the total number of confirmed cases to 1976. The death toll rose by 50 to 78. There were 1550 active cases at the end of the month.
June • In mid June,
Al-Shabab, which controls much of the rural area in the country, announced that it had set up a coronavirus treatment centre in
Jilib, about south of the capital,
Mogadishu. • In June there were 948 new cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 2924. The death toll rose by 12 to 90. There were 1924 active cases at the end of the month.
July • There were 288 new cases in July, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 3213. The death toll rose to 93. The number of recovered patients climbed to 1562, leaving 1557 active cases at the end of the month, a decrease by 19% from the end of June. Police officers hold COVID-19 awareness posters during a ceremony, 18 July 2020.
August • There were 97 new cases in August, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 3310. The death toll rose to 97. There were 732 active cases at the end of the month.
September • There were 278 new cases in September, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 3588. The death toll rose to 99. There were 543 active cases at the end of the month.
October • There were 353 new cases in October, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 3941. The death toll rose to 104. The number of recovered patients increased to 3185, leaving 652 active cases at the end of the month.
November • There were 510 new cases in November, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 4451. The death toll rose to 113. The number of recovered patients increased to 3417, leaving 921 active cases at the end of the month.
December • There were 263 new cases in December, taking the total number of confirmed cases to 4714. The death toll rose to 130. The number of recovered patients increased to 3612, leaving 972 active cases at the end of the month.
2021 • On 11 April 2021, the health minister,
Fawziya Abikar Nur, received the first Coronavirus vaccines from China. By 27 April, a total of 122,235 vaccine doses had been administered. • There were 70 new cases in January, 2473 in February, 4141 in March, 2517 in April, 745 in May, 286 in June, 457 in July, 2063 in August, 2514 in September, 2018 in October, 1018 in November, and 516 in December. The total number of cases was 4,784 in January, 7,257 in February, 11,398 in March, 13,915 in April, 14,660 in May, 14,946 in June, 15,403 in July, 17,466 in August, 19,980 in September, 21,998 in October, 23,016 in November, and 23,532 in December. • The number of recovered patients increased to 3,666 in January, 3,808 in February, 4,819 in March, 5,847 in April, 6,562 in May, 7,246 in June, 7,533 in July, 8,531 in August, and 9,523 in September, leaving 988 active cases at the end of January, 3,210 at the end of February, 6,050 at the end of March, 7,355 at the end of April, 7,129 at the end of May, 6,925 at the end of June, 7,059 at the end of July, 7,958 at the end of August, and 9,346 at the end of September. • The death toll rose to 239 in February, 529 in March, 713 in April, 769 in May, 775 in June, 811 in July, 977 in August, 1111 in September, 1208 in October, 1327 in November, and 1333 in December.
2022 • There were 729 new cases in January, 2052 in February, 97 in March, 75 in April, 80 in May, 238 in June, 217 in July, 117 in August, 79 in September, 27 in October, 43 in November, and 24 in December. The total number of cases stood at 24,261 in January, 26,313 in February, 26,410 in March, 26,485 in April, 26,565 in May, 26,803 in June, 27,020 in July, 27,137 in August, 27,216 in September, 27,243 in October, 27,286 in November, and 27,310 in December. • The number of recovered patient increased to 13,182 in June, leaving 12,260 active cases at the end of the month. • The death toll rose to 1335 in January, 1348 in February, and 1361 in March.
2023 • There were 8 new cases in January, 6 in February, 10 in March-April. The total number of cases was 27,318 in January, 27,324 in February, 27,334 in April. ==Statistics==