Descriptive Epidemiological study of COVID-19 in Maghreb and European countries

Abstract

An outbreak of 2019 novel coronavirus diseases (COVID-19) has spread quickly world wide. We performed a descriptive epidemiological study of COVID-19 in Mediterranean North African countries and South European countries. Cases data were collected through May 3, 2020 from WHO. Data analysis included: 1) geo-temporal analysis of viral spread in 6 countries (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Spain, France and Italy), 2) epidemiological curve construction, 3)mortality and cured rates, 4) study  factors that led to differences of the spread of the virus in these 6 countries, and 5) comparison between Morocco and three European countries. The number of infected cases between North African and Southern European countries were different, which might be related to restriction conditions, age, geographic location, and lifestyle. We observed that The COVID-19 epidemic has spread very quickly in Southern European compared to North African countries