COVID-19 pandemic in Costa Rica
| COVID-19 pandemic in Costa Rica | |
|---|---|
 Map of cantons with confirmed coronavirus cases (as of 16 Abril 2021) ≥3343 cases ≥2016 cases ≥1350 cases ≥788 cases <788 cases | |
| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Location | Costa Rica |
| First outbreak | Tocumen International Airport, Panama (first case) and New York, United States (first confirmed) |
| Index case | Alajuela |
| Arrival date | 22 February 2020 (6 years, 4 months and 1 week) |
| Confirmed cases | 228577 |
| Recovered | 196974 |
Deaths | 3071 |
| Government website | |
| Ministerio de Salud | |
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic was first confirmed to have spread to Costa Rica on 6 March 2020, after a 49-year-old woman tourist from New York, United States, tested positive for the virus.
As of 13 May 2020, Costa Rica has reported 815 positive cases, 527 recoveries, and 7 deaths.[1]
One senior citizen, an 87-year-old man, died on 18 March and is the first COVID-19 death in Costa Rica. He was one of 25 people infected by a doctor in Alajuela.[2]
By 30 April, the country had the lowest case fatality rate in the Americas, at about 0.86%.[3] More Costa Ricans have died in the United States than in Costa Rica.[4]
References
- ↑ "Dos meses desde el primer caso de COVID-19 en Costa Rica: 60 días de un abordaje científico de la emergencia". Ministerio de Salud. Archived from the original on 11 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
- ↑ "Confirman primera muerte por COVID-19 en Costa Rica | Crhoy.com". CRHoy.com | Periodico Digital | Costa Rica Noticias 24/7 (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 March 2020.
- ↑ Brooks, Darío (30 April 2020). "Cuál es la efectiva fórmula contra el coronavirus de Costa Rica, el país de América Latina donde mueren menos pacientes de covid-19". BBC News Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 April 2020.
- ↑ Corrales, Eric (25 April 2020). "Autoridades ya confirman 11 ticos muertos por COVID-19 en Estados Unidos | Teletica". Teletica (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 April 2020.