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COVID-19 pandemic in San Marino | |
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | San Marino |
First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
Arrival date | 27 February 2020 (4 years, 1 month, 2 weeks and 5 days) |
Date | As of 25 June 2021 [update] [1] |
Confirmed cases | 20,552 [2] (total) |
Active cases | 201 [2] (in quarantine or isolation) |
Hospitalized cases | Unknown (active) |
Critical cases | 4 (active) |
Recovered | 20,351 [2] (total) |
Deaths | 118 [2] (total) |
Fatality rate | 2.06% |
Government website | |
www.iss.sm |
The COVID-19 pandemic in San Marino 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 reached San Marino in February 2020.
As of 11 May 2023, with 21,083 confirmed cases out of a population of 33,600 (as of 2020 [update]), it was the country with the fourth-highest percentage of confirmed cases per capita at 71.13% – 7 confirmed case per 10 inhabitants. Also, with 90 confirmed deaths, the country has one of the highest rate of confirmed deaths per capita at 0.268% of the total population – 1 death per 373 inhabitants. [3] The crude fatality rate is 2.63%. [4] It was once declared " Covid-free" on 26 June 2020, [5] although on 9 July it had another case, and while this had recovered by the end of the month, the epidemics has returned later and most of recorded covid-assigned fatalities had happened after that.
On 12 January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that a novel coronavirus was the cause of a respiratory illness in a cluster of people in Wuhan, Hubei, China, which was reported to the WHO on 31 December 2019. [6] [7]
The case fatality ratio for COVID-19 has been much lower than SARS of 2003, [8] [9] but the transmission has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll. [10] [8]
On 27 February, San Marino confirmed its first case, an 88-year-old man with pre-existing medical conditions. He was hospitalised in Rimini, Italy. [11]
On 1 March, seven more cases were confirmed and the Health Emergency Coordination Group confirmed that the 88-year-old man had died, becoming the first Sammarinese to die of the virus. [12]
On 8 March, the number of confirmed cases had increased to 36. [13]
On 10 March 63 cases were confirmed. On 11 March 66 cases were confirmed, and the death count increased to 3. [14]
On 12 March, confirmed cases count increased to 67 and the death count to 5. [15]
On 14 March, the government ordered a nationwide quarantine until 6 April. [16]
San Marino was declared to have no active cases on 26 June. In total, 698 cases of COVID-19 had been identified, of whom 42 died and the remaining 656 recovered. [5]
On 9 July, one case of COVID-19 was identified and isolated. [17] The patient recovered and by the end of the month, the number of active cases in the country returned to zero. [2] [18]
As 28 December, the total number of infected people is 2,275. There are 57 deaths and 1,955 recovered.
On 2 February 2021, Fausta Morganti, who was Captain Regent between 1 April 2005 and 1 October 2005 died from COVID-19 at the age of 76. [19]
Health Minister Roberto Ciavatta announced that anyone booking a hotel in San Marino for at least three nights could receive the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine for €50. [20]
As of May 2021, San Marino had administered 36,000 doses and fully vaccinated approximately 22,000 people. [20]
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