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COVID-19 pandemic in South America

Disease	COVID-19
Virus strain	SARS-CoV-2
Location	South America
First outbreak	Wuhan, Hubei, China
Index case	São Paulo, Brazil
Arrival date	26 February 2020 (4 years, 2 months and 1 day ago)
Confirmed cases	67,331,547^[1]
Recovered	65,102,593^[1]
Deaths	1,344,031^[1]
Territories	14^[1]

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The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached South America on 26 February 2020 when Brazil confirmed a case in São Paulo.^[2] By 3 April, all countries and territories in South America had recorded at least one case.^[3]

On 13 May 2020, it was reported that Latin America and the Caribbean had reported over 400,000 cases of COVID-19 infection with, 23,091 deaths. On 22 May 2020, citing the rapid increase of infections in Brazil, the World Health Organization declared South America the epicentre of the pandemic.^[4]^[5]

As of 12 January 2023, South America had recorded 67,331,547 confirmed cases and 1,344,031 deaths from COVID-19. Due to a shortage of testing and medical facilities, it is believed that the outbreak is far larger than the official numbers show.^[6]

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