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COVID-19 pandemic in El Salvador | |
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | El Salvador |
First outbreak | Wuhan, China |
Index case | Metapán, Santa Ana[1] |
Arrival date | 18 March 2020 (4 years, 5 months and 1 day) |
Confirmed cases | 201,920[2] |
Recovered | 197,555[3] |
Deaths | 4,230[2] |
Fatality rate | 2.09% |
Vaccinations | |
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The COVID-19 pandemic in El Salvador 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 reached El Salvador on 18 March 2020.[4] As of 19 September 2021, El Salvador reported 102,024 cases, 3,114 deaths, and 84,981 recoveries.[5] As of that date El Salvador had arrested a total of 2,424 people for violating quarantine orders, and 1,268,090 people had been tested for the virus.[6] On 31 March 2020, the first COVID-19 death in El Salvador was confirmed.[7]
Transparency International cited El Salvador and Colombia as examples of an "explosion of irregularities and corruption cases" related to the handling of the pandemic in Latin America.[8] The Ministry of Health and Ministry of Treasury, along with other 18 government institutions are currently under investigation by the Attorney General's Office.[9]