COVID-19 pandemic in San Marino
The COVID-19 pandemic in San Marino is 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.
COVID-19 pandemic in San Marino | |
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | San Marino |
First outbreak | Wuhan, China |
Arrival date | 27 February 2020 (4 months and 1 day) |
Date | As of 5 June 2020 |
Confirmed cases | 698[1] |
Recovered | 656[1] |
Deaths | 42[1] |
Government website | |
www.iss.sm |
As of 5 June 2020, with 694 confirmed cases out of a population of 33,344 (as of 2018), it was the country with the second-highest percentage of confirmed cases per capita at 2.08% – 1 confirmed case per 49 inhabitants.[2] Also, with 42 confirmed deaths, the country has the highest rate of confirmed deaths per capita at 0.126% of the total population – 1 death per 794 inhabitants.[3] The crude fatality rate is 6.05%.[4]
Background
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 City, Hubei Province, China, which was reported to the WHO on 31 December 2019.[5][6]
The case fatality ratio for COVID-19 has been much lower than SARS of 2003,[7][8] but the transmission has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll.[9][7]
Timeline
February 2020
On 27 February, San Marino confirmed its first case, an 88-year-old man with pre-existing medical conditions, who came from Italy. He was hospitalised at a hospital in Rimini, Italy.[10]
March 2020
On 1 March, 7 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.[11]
On 8 March, the number of confirmed cases had increased to 36.[12]
On 10 March, 63 cases were confirmed. On 11 March, 66 cases were confirmed, and the death count increased to 3.[13]
On 12 March, confirmed cases count increased to 67 and the death count to 5.[14]
On 14 March, the government ordered a nationwide quarantine until 6 April.[15]
See also
References
- "ISS - Istituto per la Sicurezza Sociale di San Marino". www.iss.sm. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
- "Total and daily confirmed COVID-19 cases per million people". Our World in Data. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- "Death rate of COVID-19: Total confirmed deaths per million people". Our World in Data. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- "Case fatality rate of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic". Our World in Data. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- Elsevier. "Novel Coronavirus Information Center". Elsevier Connect. Archived from the original on 30 January 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- Reynolds, Matt (4 March 2020). "What is coronavirus and how close is it to becoming a pandemic?". Wired UK. ISSN 1357-0978. Archived from the original on 5 March 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- "Crunching the numbers for coronavirus". Imperial News. Archived from the original on 19 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- "High consequence infectious diseases (HCID); Guidance and information about high consequence infectious diseases and their management in England". GOV.UK. Archived from the original on 3 March 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- "World Federation Of Societies of Anaesthesiologists – Coronavirus". www.wfsahq.org. Archived from the original on 12 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- "Coronavirus: primo caso nella Repubblica di San Marino". Altarimini.it (in Italian). 27 February 2020. Archived from the original on 28 February 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
- "Coronavirus: è morto il sammarinese ricoverato a Rimini". San Marino Rtv. 1 March 2020. Archived from the original on 1 March 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- "Coronavirus: 36 casi, 10 in più. Sul decreto italiano: "i lavoratori potranno muoversi"". San Marino Rtv (in Italian). 8 March 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
- "Coronavirus a San Marino: si registra il terzo decesso, 7 nuovi casi". San Marino Rtv (in Italian). 11 March 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- "Coronavirus updates". Istituto per la Sicurezza Sociale (in Italian). 12 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- Nuovo decreto legge in vigore fino al 6 aprile (in Italian)