COVID-19 pandemic in the Dominican Republic
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The COVID-19 pandemic in the Dominican Republic occurs as a regional sub-happening of the global outbreak of respiratory disease COVID-19 and is due to infections with the SARS-CoV-2 virus of the coronavirus family, which emerged in late 2019. The COVID-19 pandemic has been spreading from China since December 2019. As of March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) classified the outbreak of the novel coronavirus as a pandemic.
History
On 1 March 2020, the first COVID-19 case was confirmed in the Dominican Republic. It involved a returnee from Italy. He was isolated in a military hospital near the capital Santo Domingo. This case first appeared in WHO situation reports on 2 March 2020. By 8 March 2020, the number of confirmed cases of infection in the country had increased to five. The first COVID-19-related death occurred on 16 March 2020, appearing in WHO situation reports on 17 March 2020. On April 7, 1956 infections were listed.
As of April 22, 2020, WHO has confirmed 5044 COVID-19 cases and 245 deaths in the Dominican Republic.
See also
- List of epidemics and pandemics
- List of casualties of the COVID-19 pandemic
