third patient was a 21-year-old man who worked on a cruise ship. he came to mauritius on 14 march 2020 and was placed under quarantine. he was later placed in isolation at souillac hospital. the fourth patient was a 25-year-old man who worked on a cruise ship. he came to mauritius on 18 march 2020 and was placed under quarantine. he was later placed in isolation at souillac hospital. on 19 march 2020, the prime minister announced that four new cases were confirmed. the country reported its first death from coronavirus. the first 52-year-old patient died. five new cases appeared in the country on 20 march 2020, raising the total number of cases to 12. the five patients are the relatives of the second patient, they consist of three women aged 15, 40 and 56, and two men aged 52 and 67. on 21 march 2020, the ministry of health confirmed that the number of cases rose to 14, of which nine cases were related to the second patient. one of the confirmed case of that day was a tourist from france, who isolated himself for two days while he was not feeling well and was treated for respiratory infection in a clinic in the north of the island. on the same day, it was reported that among the first cases reported in madagascar, one came from mauritius and a second person from france transited through mauritius before reaching madagascar. on 22 march 2020, 10 new cases were confirmed. the second patient, aged 59, also died. it is estimated that he contaminated nine of his relatives and one doctor. on the same day, four new cases were confirmed. the new cases confirmed on that day included four employees of a cruise ship, four who were related to the second patient, one traveler from mumbai who reached mauritius on 21 march 2020 and one who was a dentist. on 23 march 2020, eight new cases were confirmed. on 26 march 2020, a huge spike of cases was reported, jumping from 48 to 81 cases in a single day. on that day, a 20-year-old girl was tested positive. it has been claimed that she contracted the virus during a visit to a supermarket. on 27 march 2020, 13 new cases were reported, bringing the total to 43 imported cases and 51 locally transmitted. the total number of cases reached 94, including 57 men and 43 women. on 28 march 2020, according to dr vasant rao gujadhur who is the director of health services, eight new cases were confirmed, all of whom men aged between 40 and 86. on that day, mauritius had 102 confirmed cases, including two deaths. forty-four were imported cases and 58 were locally transmitted. seven hundred and fifty-six contact tracing tests were completed, 60 of them was tested positive. it was reported that three medical personnel tested positive for the coronavirus in addition to four cases. on 29 march 2020, a man aged 76 was admitted to hospital and died the same night. it has been reported that it was an imported case, the man having arrived from pakistan on 17 march. five new cases were confirmed, four of whom were detected through contact tracing. on 30 march 2020, the prime minister pravind jugnauth confirmed that his test for coronavirus was negative. one of the confirmed cases on that day was an officer of the passport and immigration office. he had arrived from egypt one week earlier, was not placed under quarantine upon his arrival and had contact with several of his colleagues. on 31 march 2020, two men aged 69 and 71 years old died, bringing the death toll to 5. the total number of patients having tested positive was 143. as at 1 april 2020, 1426 "contact tracing tests" were completed. among the infected people, 10 were under the age of 20, 59 people were between 49 and 59 and 26 were 60 years old or above. on that day, the 20 years old patient died, her family were unable to attend her funeral as they were also infected. it was reported that the family had to view her funeral through whatsapp. as at 2 april 2020, 1 703 people were under quarantine in different centers and hotels around the island. dr vasantrao gujadhur announced that eight children aged four months, two years, four, five, nine, 10, 12 and 15 were confirmed cases. on that day, a man aged 59 also died. on 3 april 2020, the number of cases reached 186, 82 of which were imported cases and 104 locally transmitted. it was also confirmed that seven medical personnel were infected as at 3 april 2020. on 4 april 2020, the prime minister announced 10 new cases, and that seven patients were on the path to recovery; a second test will be conducted to confirm their recovery. on 5 april 2020, it was reported that 31 new cases were confirmed. two patients were on artificial respirators. the total was 227, with 102 imported cases and 125 locally transmitted: 142 were men and 85 were women. there were 1,689 people under quarantine in 27 centers around the island. it was reported that 17 police officers including 12 officers of the passport and immigration office were infected. on 6 april 2020, 17 new cases and the first four recoveries were confirmed. as at that date, the country had 244 positive cases, 133 through local transmission. of these 133 cases, 94 were identified through contact tracing, and the remaining 39 were travellers who came from abroad but were not in quarantine as they did not show any symptoms related to covid-19 on arrival. they developed the symptoms later and contributed to the local transmission. on 9 april 2020, 41 new cases and 12 recoveries were confirmed. the minister of health had to put himself under isolation as one of his secretaries tested positive for covid-19. on 10 april 2020, four new cases and two deaths were reported. the members of the high level committee on covid-19, including the prime minister pravind jugnauth, and those of the national communication committee started to self-isolate as they were in contact with the minister of health whose secretary was tested positive to the coronavirus. it was also reported that the second test made on the director of public health dr vasantrao gujadhur was negative, he isolated himself after one member of his contact tracing team was tested positive of the coronavirus. eight staffs of the ministry of health were also tested positive of the coronavirus. 216 people who were under isolation and quarantined in rodrigues island were tested negative of the coronavirus, they were allowed to return home. one additional case was confirmed during the night of friday 10 april. five recoveries and no new cases were reported on 11 april 2020. on 14 april 2020, no new cases were reported, the total number of cases was 324, including 51 recoveries and 9 death. the number of active cases was 261, three patients who were tested positive of the covid-19 went back to their countries. on 15 april 2020, no new cases were reported, the total number of cases was 324, including 65 recoveries and 9 deaths. the number of active cases was 247. three patients who recovered from the coronavirus agreed to donate their blood through plasmapheresis. on 18 april 2020, one case was confirmed, 72 people had recovered. on 27 april 2020, one doctor died. dr bruno cheong was tested positive of the coronavirus after he was infected by the first patient detected on the island. at first, the patient did not reveal his travel history to the doctor. after the patient was tested positive of the coronavirus, the health authorities started contact tracing and dr bruno cheong was tested positive on 23 march 2020. the minister of health reported that dr bruno cheong died due to multiple organ failure. in april there were 189 new positive tests, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 332. the death toll rose to 10. the number of active cases at the end of the month was 12. on 24 may 2020, two new cases of covid-19 was registered in mauritius. the two patients were repatriated from india on 10 may 2020. they have been in quarantine since they reached mauritius and were transferred to the ent hospital in vacoas. during may there were 3 new positive tests, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 335. the death toll remained unchanged. the number of active cases at the end of the month decreased to 3. there were 527 confirmed cases in 2020. ten persons died. at the end of 2020 there were 21 active cases. there were 22,966 confirmed cases in 2021, bringing the total number of cases to 23,493. 776 persons died, bringing the total death toll to 786. at the end of 2021 there were 813 active cases. there were 17,992 confirmed cases in 2022, bringing the total number of cases to 41,485. 255 persons died, bringing the total death toll to 1041. at the end of 2022 there were 55 active cases. new cases per day mauritians infected abroad a mauritian woman, who works in seychelles, has tested positive for covid-19. according to reports, the woman contracted the virus through her spouse, who is a ukrainian national. the couple work in a hotel. according to information communicated to the press by the seychelles commissioner for public health, the ukrainian, who was on a trip, returned to seychelles on 12 march 2020. it was then that he allegedly infected his spouse. it was reported that three mauritians died from the coronavirus in france, including a 70-year-old doctor, who died on 22 march 2020, a second person aged 83, who died on 29 march and a third person aged 73 years old, who died on 31 march 2020. it was reported that one mauritian national was tested positive for the coronavirus in ethiopia. on 5 april 2020, the minister of foreign affairs, nando bodha reported that 46 mauritians who work on the cruise ship costa luminosa were unable to land in marseilles, because the french authorities did not authorize disembarkation. they were then directed to savona, italy, where it was established that six of them were infected. the latter underwent treatments in health centers. the remaining 40 were taken to rome and placed in a quarantined hotel. on 10 april 2020, it was reported that a mauritian doctor was tested positive in switzerland. confirmed cases of mauritian nationals abroad country/region confirmed cases costa luminosa 6 france 3 seychelles 1 ethiopia 1 switzerland 1 total 12 response closure of educational institutions on 18 march 2020, amidst a surge in fresh cases being confirmed in mauritius, the government of mauritius announced that all schools and universities would be shut until further notice. education programs were provided to all students online and on the television through the mauritius broadcasting corporation. in may 2020, the government approved the distribution of 2,500 tablet computer to children who are on the social security register. panic buying since the outbreak of the virus in various countries around the world, the images of empty shelves of shops in europe started to create panic among mauritians. some people started to buy food and medical products in excess. legal on 19 march 2020, the following notices, order and regulations were published in the government gazette: the ministry of health was of the view that mauritius appeared to be threatened with, or infected by the coronavirus and notice was given that sections 79 to 83 of the public health act shall apply to mauritius; the quarantine (quarantinable diseases) regulations 2020 were published. the ministry of health gave order under sections 79 to 83 of the public health act to prohibit the conveyance, excluding any conveyance transporting goods, from entering the territory of mauritius as from 10:00 am on 19 march 2020 for a period of 15 days under regulation 3 of the quarantine (quarantinable diseases) regulations 2020. the ministry of health gave an order under regulation 5 of the quarantine (quarantinable diseases) regulations 2020, prohibiting any passenger, excluding crew members, from boarding or disembarking from a conveyance as from 10:00 am on 19 march 2020 for a period of 15