COVID-19 pandemic in San Marino


The COVID-19 pandemic in San Marino is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have reached San Marino in February 2020.
As of 5 June, with 694 confirmed cases out of a population of 33,344, it was the country with the second-highest percentage of confirmed cases per capita at – 1 confirmed case per inhabitants. Also, with 42 confirmed deaths, the country has the highest rate of confirmed deaths per capita at of the total population – 1 death per inhabitants. The crude fatality rate is. It was declared "Covid-free" on 26 June 2020.

Background

On 12 January 2020, the World Health Organization confirmed that a novel coronavirus was the cause of a respiratory illness in a cluster of people in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, which was reported to the WHO on 31 December 2019.
The case fatality ratio for COVID-19 has been much lower than SARS of 2003, but the transmission has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll.

Timeline

February 2020

On 27 February, San Marino confirmed its first case, an 88-year-old man with pre-existing medical conditions, who came from Italy. He was hospitalised at a hospital in Rimini, Italy.

March 2020

On 1 March, 7 more cases were confirmed and the Health Emergency Coordination Group confirmed that the 88-year-old man had died, becoming the first Sammarinese to die of the virus.
On 8 March, the number of confirmed cases had increased to 36.
On 10 March, 63 cases were confirmed. On 11 March, 66 cases were confirmed, and the death count increased to 3.
On 12 March, confirmed cases count increased to 67 and the death count to 5.
On 14 March, the government ordered a nationwide quarantine until 6 April.

June 2020

San Marino was declared to have no active cases on 26 June. In total, 698 cases of COVID-19 had been identified, of whom 42 died and the remaining 656 recovered.