WHO Libya: Health response to COVID-19 in Libya, update # 21 (Reporting period: 26 November to 9 December 2020)
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o As of 8 December 2020, Libya has 1300 confirmed cases of COVID-19 per 100 000 population (the highest in the North African region), with 18.5 deaths per 100 000 population (second only to Tunisia in the region). A cumulative number of 88 254 cases has been reported since the first case of the disease was reported in the country on 24 March 2020.
o Of the cumulative number of cases, 28 685 people remain actively infected and 58 578 have recovered. During the reporting period, the cumulative number of deaths rose to 1261. The national case fatality rate of 1.4% remains difficult to interpret given the low rates of testing and Libya’s weak mortality surveillance system.