COVID-19 pandemic in Costa Rica

COVID-19 pandemic in Costa Rica
COVID-19 pandemic in Costa Rica
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	6 March 2020; (4 years, 3 months and 1 day)
Confirmed cases	1,230,653
Recovered	1,223,056
Deaths	9,368
Fatality rate	0.83%
Vaccinations	10,166,273
Government website
	Ministerio de Salud

The COVID-19 pandemic in Costa Rica was a part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was 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.^[3]

As of 9 August 2022^[update], Costa Rica has reported 1,057,695 positive cases, and 8,774 deaths.^[4]

As of 31 March 2022^[update], there have been 10,166,273 vaccine doses applied. Among these, 4,336,171 are first dosages, 3,971,404 are second dosages, and 1,858,698 are third doses .^[5]

^ ^a ^b Ritchie, Hannah; Mathieu, Edouard; Rodés-Guirao, Lucas; Appel, Cameron; Giattino, Charlie; Ortiz-Ospina, Esteban; Hasell, Joe; Macdonald, Bobbie; Beltekian, Diana; Dattani, Saloni; Roser, Max (2020–2022). "Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19)". Our World in Data. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
^ "Costa Rica COVID - Coronavirus Statistics - Worldometer". Archived from the original on 10 August 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
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^ "Situación Nacional Covid-19". Ministerio de Salud (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 6 February 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
^ "COVID-19 Estadísticas vacunación" (in Spanish). Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.

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[MOH-2] "Costa Rica COVID - Coronavirus Statistics - Worldometer". Archived from the original on 10 August 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2023.

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[4] "Situación Nacional Covid-19". Ministerio de Salud (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 6 February 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2021.

[5] "COVID-19 Estadísticas vacunación" (in Spanish). Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.

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