THE LAST PLACES ON EARTH WITHOUT REPORTED CASES OF CORONA VIRUS

Despite infecting more than three million people around the world, there are still 34 countries and territories that have yet to report a single case of the novel corona virus.

These include Comoros, Lesotho, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and tiny far-flung island nations in the Pacific, such as Nauru, Kiribati and the Solomon Islands.

As of April 20, 213 countries and territories of the 247 recognized by the United Nations have seen at least one case of the Covid-19.

As of April 29, 2020 07:00 PM, 141 cases have been confirmed in Liberia, 31.9% of which are known to have recovered. At least 16 people, 11.35% of all known cases, have died due to the disease.

Of these, 186 have also experienced local transmission — 

where the virus has spread within the community. 

There have been deaths in at least 162 of them.

Just because a nation has not reported an infection does not 

necessarily mean there have been no cases.

For example, North Korea has not reported any corona virus 

cases but it is bordered by China, Russia and South Korea, 

all countries dealing with a high number of cases, meaning 

the virus may well have made it into the secretive state.

Some trends can be seen by looking at the spread of the 

coronavirus by regions. Asia experienced roughly two broad 

waves of transmission across borders, while in Europe, 

many countries started to report cases in the week from late 

February.

Latin America and Africa looked to be virus-free for January 

and February before the corona virus spread rapidly through 

both continents.

Five countries and territories have managed to rid 

themselves of the virus after reporting cases. These are 

Anguilla, Greenland, the Caribbean islands of St Barts and 

Saint Lucia, and Yemen.

None has reported deaths or state any currently active 

infections, with previous cases having fully recovered.