COVID-19 pandemic in Belarus | |
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | Belarus |
First outbreak | Wuhan, China |
Index case | Minsk |
Arrival date | 28 February 2020 (4 years, 5 months and 22 days ago) |
Confirmed cases | 919,736 |
Recovered | 908,132 |
Deaths | 6,480 |
Fatality rate | 0.7% |
Vaccinations | Doses administered: 10,425,997 People fully vaccinated: 4,497,626 Fully vaccinated population: 47.51%[1] |
The COVID-19 pandemic in Belarus was a part of the 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 Belarus, when the first case of COVID-19 in the country was registered in Minsk on 28 February 2020.[2] As of 29 January 2023, a total of 19,047,714 vaccine doses have been administered.[3]