COVID-19 pandemic in Tunisia

Tunisia confirmed its first case on 2 March 2020, with the victim being a 40-year-old Tunisian man from Gafsa returning from Italy.^[2][3] On 3 July 2020, a total of 1,181 cases of contamination were confirmed, as were 50 deaths and 1,045 people recovered.

2020 coronavirus pandemic in Tunisia
Governorates of Tunisia with confirmed cases   Confirmed 1~9   Confirmed 10~99   Confirmed 100~499 As of 10 March 2020
Disease	COVID-19
Virus strain	SARS-CoV-2
Location	Tunisia
First outbreak	Italy France Turkey
Index case	Gabès
Arrival date	2 March 2020 (5 years, 4 months and 4 weeks)
Confirmed cases	1,488 (as of 29 July)[1]
Recovered	1,178 (as of 29 July)
Deaths	50 (as of 3 July)
Government website
covid-19.tn

Economic consequences

On 18 March 2020, the President of the Tunis Stock Exchange (BVMT) noted a 14.2% drop in the stock market index in Tunisia.^[4]On 21 March 2020, the flagship index of the Tunis Stock Exchange finished falling by 7.3% to 6,138.82 points.^[5]