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COVID-19 pandemic in Peru | |
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | Peru |
First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
Index case | Lima |
Arrival date | 6 March 2020 (4 years, 5 months, 1 week and 5 days) |
Confirmed cases | 4,526,977[1] |
Hospitalized cases | 3,109[2] |
Ventilator cases | 967[2] |
Recovered | 4,282,305[2] [3] |
Deaths | 220,975[1] |
Fatality rate | 4.88% |
Vaccinations | |
Government website | |
Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Peru Situation Room COVID-19 Peru (Both websites in Spanish) |
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The COVID-19 pandemic in Peru has resulted in 4,526,977[1] confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 220,975[1] deaths. The virus spread to Peru on 6 March 2020, when a 25-year-old man who had travelled to Spain, France, and the Czech Republic tested positive.[4] On 15 March 2020, President Martín Vizcarra announced a country-wide lockdown, closing borders, restricting domestic flights, and forbidding nonessential business operations, excluding health facilities, grocery stores, pharmacies, and banks. As of May 2023, Peru has the highest COVID-19 death rate in the world, with over 6,400 deaths per one million citizens.[5]