COVID-19 pandemic in Peru

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COVID-19 pandemic in Peru
Tests Cases Deaths
Disease	COVID-19
Virus strain	SARS-CoV-2
Location	Peru
First outbreak	Wuhan, Hubei, China
Index case	Lima
Arrival date	6 March 2020 (4 years, 2 months and 6 days)
Confirmed cases	4,524,748[1]
Hospitalized cases	3,109[2]
Ventilator cases	967[2]
Recovered	4,282,305[2] [3]
Deaths	220,831[1]
Fatality rate	4.88%
Vaccinations	30,563,708[1] (total vaccinated) 28,709,644[1] (fully vaccinated) 91,412,580[1] (doses administered)
Government website
Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Peru Situation Room COVID-19 Peru (Both websites in Spanish)

Peruvian political crisis
Causes
Fujimorism Corruption Odebrecht scandal
Events
Institutional acts Censure of Zavala cabinet 2019 constitutional crisis Impeachments Kuczynski's 1st Kuczynski's 2nd Vizcarra's 1st Vizcarra 2nd Castillo's 1st Castillo's 2nd Castillo's 3rd Scandals Cuellos Blancos Pardon of Alberto Fujimori Mamanivideos scandal COVID-19 pandemic Vacunagate 2021 electoral crisis 2022 self-coup attempt
Elections
2016 general election 2018 referendum 2020 parliamentary election 2021 general election 2026 general election
Protests
2017 teachers' strike 2018 agrarian strike Protests against Manuel Merino 2020–2021 agrarian strike 2021–2022 mining protests Protests against Pedro Castillo Protests against Dina Boluarte Apurímac protests
Armed violence
Deaths of Brian Pintado and Inti Sotelo Ayacucho massacre Juliaca massacre
Peru portal
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The COVID-19 pandemic in Peru has resulted in 4,524,748^[1] confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 220,831^[1] deaths. The virus spread to Peru on 6 March 2020, when a 25-year-old man who had travelled to Spain, France, and the Czech Republic tested positive.^[4] On 15 March 2020, President Martín Vizcarra announced a country-wide lockdown, closing borders, restricting domestic flights, and forbidding nonessential business operations, excluding health facilities, grocery stores, pharmacies, and banks. As of May 2023, Peru has the highest COVID-19 death rate in the world, with over 6,400 deaths per one million citizens.^[5]