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Volume 26, Number 7—July 2020
Dispatch

Surveillance and Testing for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, Saudi Arabia, March 2016–March 2019

Abdullah Alzahrani, Stephanie A. Kujawski, Glen R. AbediComments to Author , Safaa Tunkar, Holly M. Biggs, Nada Alghawi, Hani Jokhdar, Abdullah M. Assiri, and John T. Watson
Author affiliations: Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (A. Alzahrani, S. Tunkar, N. Alghawi, H. Jokhdar, A.M. Assiri); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA (S.A. Kujawski, G.R. Abedi, H.M. Biggs, J.T. Watson)

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Table 3

Suspected and confirmed cases of MERS-CoV infection, by local Health Affairs Directorate and among Hajj pilgrims, Health Electronic Surveillance Network, Saudi Arabia, March 1, 2016-March 20, 2019

Local Health Affairs Directorate Population* No. confirmed cases/no. suspected cases % Confirmed positive No. suspected cases/100,000 population per year No. confirmed cases/100,000 population per year
Riyadh 8,216,284 340/80,852 0.4 328.0 1.4
Jeddah 4,626,109 37/18,929 0.2 136.4 0.3
Eastern 3,228,261 16/15,856 0.1 163.7 0.2
Makkah 2,319,426 8/13,843 0.06 198.9 0.1
Madinah 2,132,679 25/13,334 0.2 208.4 0.4
Aseer 1,822,189 24/5,560 0.4 101.7 0.4
Jazan 1,567,547 0/1,082 0.0 23.0 0.0
Qaseem 1,423,935 85/9,873 0.9 231.1 2.0
Taif 1,301,778 25/6,342 0.4 162.4 0.6
Ahsa 1,224,600 32/13,009 0.2 354.1 0.9
Tabouk 910,030 9/2,848 0.3 104.3 0.3
Hail 699,774 11/4,946 0.2 235.6 0.5
Najran 582,243 32/2,951 1.1 168.9 1.8
Bahah 476,172 4/2,163 0.2 151.4 0.3
Hafr Al-Baten 447,464 8/681 1.2 50.7 0.6
Bishah 389,686 5/1,131 0.4 112.1 0.4
Nothern 365,231 8/855 0.9 78.0 0.7
Jouf 339,198 25/2,885 0.9 283.5 2.5
Qunfudah 310,453 1/412 0.2 44.2 0.1
Quarayyat
 169,277
 3/466
 0.6
 91.8
 0.6
Total
 32,552,336
 698/198,198
 0.4
 203.0
 0.7
Hajj pilgrims 2,352,122 0/2,738 0.0 38.8 0.0

*Health Affairs Directorate and Hajj pilgrim population estimates are from 2017 Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health Annual Statistics Book (7). MERS-CoV, Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus.

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