COVID-19 pandemic in San Marino

The COVID-19 pandemic occurs in San Marino since the end of February 2020 as part of the global COVID-19 pandemic on. This new type of COVID-19 disease is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus from the coronavirus group and belongs to the group of respiratory diseases . COVID-19 first met in December 2019 in Wuhan ( China on). From March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) classified the outbreak of the novel coronavirus as a global pandemic .

course

The suspected COVID-19 cases are tested in San Marino, the affected cases are published in the country and transmitted to the World Health Organization (WHO), which reports on the number of cases in the country in daily situation reports . In addition, the Johns Hopkins University reports on the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) on the number of cases in San Marino.

February 2020

On February 27, 2020, the first confirmed case was reported to WHO in San Marino. It was an 88-year-old Italian with previous illnesses. He was admitted to a hospital in Rimini , Italy.

March 2020

On March 1, seven more cases were confirmed by the WHO and it became known that for the first time a person - an 88-year-old man - died of COVID-19 in San Marino. On March 8, the number of confirmed cases rose to 36; on March 10, 63 cases were confirmed. On March 11, 66 cases were confirmed, according to WHO, and the number of deaths rose to three. On March 12, the number of confirmed cases and five deaths reached 67. On March 14th, a nationwide quarantine came into effect, which until April 6th largely restricted everyday life and free movement for citizens. On March 18, 2020, 119 cases and 11 deaths from COVID-19 were registered according to the WHO. On March 20, 2020, 144 cases, 14 deaths and four recovered were registered. On March 21, 2020, 151 cases and a further 14 deaths were registered. No new cases were reported to WHO on the following two days. A total of 187 cases were reported as of March 24, 2020.

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Definitions

Confirmed case

• Person with positive test for SARS-CoV-2; regardless of the symptoms.

Death

• Person who at some point was considered a confirmed case and subsequently died; regardless of whether SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19 was the cause of death or not.

Positive test results

Positive test results (cumulative) in San Marino
according to WHO data

Positive test results (daily) in San Marino
according to WHO data

Deaths

Confirmed deaths (cumulative) in San Marino
according to WHO data

Confirmed deaths (daily) in San Marino
according to data from WHO

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} As the situation is very dynamic, there may be deviations or delays between the WHO cases and information provided by other bodies, such as local media.

International comparison

As of March 30, 2020, San Marino was the country with the highest number of cases per capita in the world (0.69%) with 229 confirmed cases out of a population of 33,386. The 101,739 positive tests in neighboring Italy , which was considered a particularly affected country at that time, corresponded to 0.17% of the Italian population, for example.

International reactions

On March 10, 2020, the federal government of Austria issued a travel warning with the highest security level (6) for San Marino as well as for Italy.

See also

• List of epidemics and pandemics
• List of deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic

Web links

Commons : COVID-19 pandemic in San Marino  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Pulmonologists on the net: Covid-19: Causes . Online at www.lungenaerzte-im-netz.de. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
2. ↑ Tagesschau: "Deeply worried". WHO speaks of corona pandemic . March 11, 2020. Online at www.tagesschau.de. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
3. ↑ Coronavirus disease (COVID-2019) situation reports. World Helth Organization (WHO), accessed on March 20, 2020 (time until March 17, 2020 10:00 a.m., from March 18, 2020 00:00). 
4. ↑ Johns Hopkins CSSE: Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases. . Online at gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
5. ↑ Coronavirus: primo caso nella Repubblica di San Marino. February 27, 2020, accessed March 16, 2020 (Italian). 
6. ^ San Marino Rtv: Coronavirus: è morto il sammarinese ricoverato a Rimini. March 1, 2020, accessed March 26, 2020 (Italian). 
7. ↑ San Marino Rtv: Coronavirus: 36 casi, 10 in più rispetto a ieri. March 8, 2020, accessed March 26, 2020 (Italian). 
8. ↑ San Marino Rtv: Coronavirus: terzo decesso a San Marino, 7 i nuovi casi. March 11, 2020, accessed March 26, 2020 (Italian). 
9. ^ ISS - Istituto per la Sicurezza Sociale di San Marino. In: iss.sm. Retrieved March 26, 2020 (Italian). 
10. ^ San Marino Rtv: Nuovo decreto legge in vigore fino al 6 April. March 14, 2020, accessed March 16, 2020 (Italian). 
11. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Coronavirus disease (COVID-2019) situation reports. WHO, accessed June 7, 2020 . 
12. ↑ Deutschlandfunk: How the coronavirus is spreading in Europe . March 20, 2020. Online at www.deutschlandfunk.de. Retrieved March 21, 2020.
13. ↑ Resident population per municipality (Castello). Ufficio Informatica, Tecnologia, Dati e Statistica, accessed on March 15, 2020 . 
14. ^ Foreign Ministry of the Republic of Austria: Italy - BMEIA, Foreign Ministry Austria. Retrieved March 10, 2020 .