COVID-19 pandemic in Peru
| 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 (5 years and 5 months) |
| Confirmed cases | 4,532,664[1] |
| Hospitalized cases | 3,109[2] |
| Ventilator cases | 967[2] |
| Recovered | 4,282,305[2] [3] |
Deaths | 221,058[1] |
| Fatality rate | 4.88% |
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| 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 4,532,664[1] confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 221,058[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]
- ^ a b c d e f g 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.
- ^ a b c "Sala situacional Covid-19". MINSA.
- ^ "COVID - Coronavirus Statistics - Worldometer".
- ^ "Peru records first confirmed case of coronavirus, President Vizcarra says". Reuters. 6 March 2020.
- ^ World map of cumulative confirmed COVID-19 deaths per million people. From Our World in Data.