COVID-19 pandemic in the United States Virgin Islands
The COVID-19 pandemic in United States Virgin Islands was a part of the ongoing global viral pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which was reported to have spread to the U.S. territory of the Virgin Islands with the first confirmed case of COVID-19 on March 13, 2020. COVID-19 testing on the islands began on March 3, 2020, with the first three tests sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. On March 13, the first case in the territory was confirmed, and the first community transmission case was identified on March 22.
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | United States Virgin Islands |
First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
Index case | St. Croix |
Arrival date | March 13, 2020 (1 year, 4 weeks and 2 days) |
Confirmed cases | 10 |
Recovered | 24,795 |
Deaths | 130 |
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