COVID-19 pandemic in Costa Rica
The COVID-19 pandemic in Costa Rica 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 spread to Costa Rica on 6 March 2020, after a 49-year-old woman tourist from New York, United States, tested positive for the virus.
| COVID-19 pandemic in Costa Rica | |
|---|---|
| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Location | Costa Rica |
| First outbreak | Tocumen International Airport, Panama (first case), and New York, United States (first confirmed) |
| Index case | Alajuela |
| Arrival date | 6 March 2020 (4 years, 1 month and 4 weeks) |
| Confirmed cases | 1,230,653 |
| Recovered | 1,223,056 |
Deaths | 9,368 |
| Fatality rate | 0.83% |
| Vaccinations | 10,166,273 |
| Government website | |
| Ministerio de Salud | |
As of 9 August 2022, Costa Rica has reported 1,057,695 positive cases, and 8,774 deaths.
As of 31 March 2022, there have been 10,166,273 vaccine doses applied. Among these, 4,336,171 are first dosages, 3,971,404 are second dosages, and 1,858,698 are third doses .
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