COVID-19 pandemic in North Macedonia | |
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | North Macedonia |
First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China via Italy |
Index case | Skopje |
Arrival date | 26 February 2020 (4 years, 5 months, 3 weeks and 3 days) |
Confirmed cases | 341,404[1][2] |
Active cases | 1,032 |
Recovered | 330,866 |
Deaths | 9,506 |
Fatality rate | 2.78% |
Government website | |
koronavirus.gov.mk |
The COVID-19 pandemic in North Macedonia 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 reached North Macedonia in February 2020.[3] The initial contagion in the country was mainly connected with the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy as there are circa 70,000 residents[4] of Italy from North Macedonia and resulted in many people returning to North Macedonia, bringing the virus with them.[5] As of 9 July, over 7,000 cases have been confirmed in the country, due to its second wave caused by family reunions during Eid al-Fitr among the Muslim minority and the overall re-opening of the country to organize the parliamentary elections.[6][7][8]