COVID-19 pandemic in the Ilocos Region

COVID-19 pandemic in the Ilocos Region
COVID-19 pandemic in the Ilocos Region
Disease	COVID-19
Virus strain	SARS-CoV-2
Location	Ilocos Region
First outbreak	Wuhan, Hubei, China
Index case	Pangasinan and Caba, La Union
Arrival date	March 20, 2020; (4 years, 2 months, 1 week and 6 days)
Confirmed cases	144,409
Recovered	140,432
Deaths	3,136
Government website
	ro1.doh.gov.ph

The COVID-19 pandemic in the Ilocos Region is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus reached the Ilocos Region on March 20, 2020, when the first cases of the disease were confirmed in the provinces of Pangasinan and La Union.