COVID-19 pandemic in Saint Martin | |
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | Saint Martin |
Arrival date | 1 March 2020 (4 years, 5 months, 2 weeks and 4 days) |
Confirmed cases | 12,324[1] |
Recovered | 12,217[2] |
Deaths | 46[1] |
Government website | |
guadeloupe.ars.sante.fr |
The COVID-19 pandemic in French Saint Martin was a part of the ongoing global viral pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which was confirmed to have reached the French overseas collectivity of Saint Martin on 1 March 2020. The island is split in a Dutch and French part, with the main airport on the Dutch side and the major harbour on the French side. The first positive test was a French couple from Saint Martin who returned from France via Saint Barthélemy on 1 March 2020. They were screened and tested positive on the airport, but are counted on the French count.[3] The island had a population of 35,334 in 2017.[4]