COVID-19 pandemic in Suriname | |
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | Suriname |
First outbreak | Netherlands |
Index case | Paramaribo |
Arrival date | 13 March 2020 (4 years, 5 months and 6 days) |
Confirmed cases | 82,501[1] |
Recovered | 81,580 (updated 23 July 2023) [2] |
Deaths | 1,406[1] |
Government website | |
https://covid-19.sr |
The COVID-19 pandemic in Suriname was caused by Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was confirmed to have reached Suriname on 13 March 2020. The case was a person who travelled from the Netherlands the previous week.[3] On 3 April 2020, one person died.[4] On 3 May 2020, all nine cases had recovered.[5] On 18 May, an eleventh case was identified.[6]
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