RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Outcomes of COVID-19 in the Eastern Mediterranean Region in the first 4 months of the pandemic JF Saudi Medical Journal JO Saudi Med J FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City SP 907 OP 915 DO 10.15537/smj.2020.9.25320 VO 41 IS 9 A1 Ahmed S. BaHammam A1 Khalid M. Bindayna A1 Ronni M. Joji A1 Haitham Jahrami A1 Mo’ez Al-Islam E. Faris A1 Nicola L. Bragazzi YR 2020 UL http://smj.org.sa/content/41/9/907.abstract AB Objectives: To summarize the outcomes of the coronavirus disease 2019 infections in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) in the first 4 months of the pandemic.Methods: A meta-analysis approach was used in this context. We used the aggregate data from the World Health Organization Regional Office for the EMRO (until 26 May 2020) to generate this report.Results: An analysis of official data from all 22 countries and territories in the Middle East, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, and Central Asia K=22 (a total of 438,717 cases) was performed. The total number of cases, recovered cases were 438,717,228,986, and deaths was 11,290 in the EMR. Meta-analytic pooling of the point estimates of recovery rate per country in the EMR was 52.5% (95% CI 52.3% - 52.6%). The lowest recovery rates were in Somalia (4.3%), and the highest rates were in Tunisia (87.4%). Meta-analytic pooling of the point estimates of death rate per country in the EMR yielded 3.85% [95% CI 3.80% - 3.9%]. Meta-analytic pooling of the point estimates of recovery rate per country in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries was 46.1% (95% CI 45.8% - 46.3%). Meta-analytic pooling of the point estimates of death rate per country in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries was 0.6% (95% CI 0.50% – 0.65%).Conclusion: Wide variability was found between EMR countries in recovery and mortality, implying the possible impact of resource availability, and genetic and environmental factors on the morality and recovery of the COVID-19.