COVID-19 pandemic in Antarctica

COVID-19 pandemic in Antarctica
Confirmed cases in Antarctica
Disease	COVID-19
Virus strain	SARS-CoV-2
Location	Antarctica
First outbreak	Wuhan, Hubei, China
Index case	Base General Bernardo O'Higgins (Chile)
Arrival date	21 December 2020 (4 years, 7 months, 2 weeks and 2 days ago)
Confirmed cases	226
Active cases	0
Suspected cases^‡	1
Recovered	226
Deaths	0
Territories	Chilean Antarctic Territory
^‡Suspected cases have not been confirmed by laboratory tests as being due to this strain, although some other strains may have been ruled out.

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The COVID-19 pandemic in Antarctica is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Due to its remoteness and sparse population, Antarctica was the last continent to have confirmed cases of COVID-19 and was one of the last regions of the world affected directly by the pandemic.^[1]^[2]^[3] The first cases were reported in December 2020, almost a year after the first cases of COVID-19 were detected in China. At least 36 people are confirmed to have been infected.^[4] Even before the first cases on the continent were reported, human activity in Antarctica was indirectly impacted.

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