COVID-19 pandemic in Costa Rica
| COVID-19 pandemic in Costa Rica | |
|---|---|
| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Location | Costa Rica |
| First outbreak | Tocumen International Airport, Panama (first case), and New York, United States (first confirmed) |
| Index case | Alajuela |
| Arrival date | 6 March 2020 (5 years, 5 months, 2 weeks and 1 day) |
| Confirmed cases | 1,238,916[1] |
| Recovered | 1,223,056[2] |
Deaths | 9,386[1] |
| Fatality rate | 0.83% |
| Vaccinations | 10,166,273 |
| Government website | |
| Ministerio de Salud | |
The COVID-19 pandemic in Costa Rica 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 spread to Costa Rica on 6 March 2020, after a 49-year-old woman tourist from New York, United States, tested positive for the virus.[3]
As of 9 August 2022, Costa Rica has reported 1,057,695 positive cases, and 8,774 deaths.[4]
As of 31 March 2022, there have been 10,166,273 vaccine doses applied. Among these, 4,336,171 are first dosages, 3,971,404 are second dosages, and 1,858,698 are third doses .[5]
- ^ a b Mathieu, Edouard; Ritchie, Hannah; Rodés-Guirao, Lucas; Appel, Cameron; Giattino, Charlie; Hasell, Joe; Macdonald, Bobbie; Dattani, Saloni; Beltekian, Diana; Ortiz-Ospina, Esteban; Roser, Max (2020–2024). "Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19)". Our World in Data. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
- ^ "Costa Rica COVID - Coronavirus Statistics - Worldometer". Archived from the original on 10 August 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
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- ^ "COVID-19 Estadísticas vacunación" (in Spanish). Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.