A case of COVID-19 could be Suspected, Probable or Confirmed based on the following criteria.

1. Suspected cases of COVID-19

A person who meets the following clinical AND epidemiological criteria(s) will be designated as a suspected case of COVID-19:
1.1 Clinical Criteria:

Acute onset of fever AND cough;

Acute onset of ANY THREE OR MORE of the following signs or symptoms:

Fever, cough, general weakness/fatigue*, headache, myalgia, sore throat, coryza, dyspnea, anorexia/nausea/vomiting, diarrhea, altered mental status,

NB: Clinical and public health judgment should be used to determine the need for further investigation in patients who do not strictly meet the clinical or epidemiological criteria.

1.2 Epidemiological Criteria(s):

i. Residing or working in an area with high risk of transmission of virus: closed residential settings, humanitarian settings such as camp and camp-like settings for displaced persons; anytime within the 14 days prior to symptom onset;

ii. Residing or travel to an area with community transmission anytime within the 14 days prior to symptom onset;

iii. Working in any health care setting, including within health facilities or within the community; any time within the 14 days prior of symptom onset.

1.3

A patient with severe acute respiratory illness (SARI: acute respiratory infection with history of fever or measured fever of ≥ 38 C°; and cough; with onset within the last 10 days; and requires hospitalization).

2. Probable Cases of COVID-19

A person who meets the following criteria will be designated as a probable case of COVID-19.

A patient who meets clinical criteria above AND is a contact of a probable or confirmed case, or epidemiologically linked to a cluster with at least one confirmed case.
A suspect case with chest imaging showing findings suggestive of COVID-19 disease
Recent onset of anosmia/ageusia as a probable case in the absence of any other identified causes

3. Confirmed cases of covid19

A person with laboratory confirmation of COVID-19 infection, irrespective of clinical signs and symptoms.
Typical chest imaging findings suggestive of COVID-19 include the following:

Chest radiography: hazy opacities often rounded in morphology, with peripheral and lower lung distribution, Chest CT: multiple bilateral ground glass opacities often rounded in morphology, with peripheral and lower lung distribution.
Lung ultrasound: thickened pleural lines, B lines (multifocal, discrete, or confluent), consolidative patterns with or without air bronchograms

Case Definition of COVID-19