COVID-19 pandemic in the Collectivity of Saint Martin

COVID-19 pandemic in Saint Martin
DiseaseCOVID-19
Virus strainSARS-CoV-2
LocationSaint Martin
Arrival date1 March 2020
(4 years, 3 months, 1 week and 2 days)
Confirmed cases12,324[1]
Recovered12,217[2]
Deaths
46[1]
Government website
guadeloupe.ars.sante.fr

The COVID-19 pandemic in French Saint Martin was a part of the ongoing global viral pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which was confirmed to have reached the French overseas collectivity of Saint Martin on 1 March 2020. The island is split in a Dutch and French part, with the main airport on the Dutch side and the major harbour on the French side. The first positive test was a French couple from Saint Martin who returned from France via Saint Barthélemy on 1 March 2020. They were screened and tested positive on the airport, but are counted on the French count.[3] The island had a population of 35,334 in 2017.[4]

  1. ^ 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 10 June 2024.
  2. ^ "COVID - Coronavirus Statistics - Worldometer". Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  3. ^ "St. Martin News Network – State of Affairs on St. Maarten regarding the COVID-19". smn-news.com. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Populations légales des collectivités d'outre-mer en 2017". INSEE (in French). Retrieved 27 April 2020.

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