Analytic study of the epidemiology situation of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) in Tarhouna, Libya

Abstract

The present study is aimed to assess the epidemiology situation of COVID-19 in Tarhouna in the years of 2020, 2021 and to discuss possible causes and give explanations regarding the cases of COVID-19 reported in the city.This study analyzed all confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Tarhouna, from the first confirmed case in the city on June 15, 2020, till December 31, 2021.The data were collected from registered patients in documents at Education Tarhouna Hospital, and then summarized as the total number and percentage of patients in each group in Tables 1 and 2. The obtained results indicated that the first case of COVID-19 was registered in the city in June 2020. A total of 643 infected cases were recorded in 2020. 420 cases were males (65.3%) and 233 were females (36.2%), with ages ranging from 18 to 90 years. Only 13 patients (2%) died. 69.2% of total death cases were males while 31% of death cases were females. Of the deceased patients, 2 individual died (15.4%) were under 40 years, and 4 individual (30.8%) were 41–50 years in addition 7 individual died constitute (53.8%) of total death cases aged 51 to > 80 years. In 2021, confirmed cases of COVID-19 were recorded on the first day of January 2021, A total infected cases were 3435, 2312 cases were males and 1123 were females, with an age range of 15 to 95 years. Only 30 patients (1%) died. The death rate in males (38.3%) was higher compared to females (17%). 3 out of 30 death cases (10%) were under 40 years, 7 death cases (23.3%) were between 41 and 50 years, 20 death cases represent (66.7%) were aged 51 to >80. Based on our data, four degrees of clinical severity for COVID-19 cases were identified: mild, moderate, severe, and critical, whereas the highest infection rates were recorded as mild, followed by moderate, severe, and critical, respectively, either 2020 or 2021. In contrast, The mortality rates were highest among critical and severe cases. The present study agrees with other studies that have reported that the COVID-19 infection is different according to many factors such as, age, gender, population density, people education and stability of country.