COVID-19 pandemic in Guatemala
| COVID-19 pandemic in Guatemala | |
|---|---|
| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Location | Guatemala |
| First outbreak | Wuhan, China |
| Index case | Guatemala City |
| Arrival date | 13 March 2020 (5 years, 3 months and 5 days) |
| Confirmed cases | 142,064 |
| Active cases | 9,491 |
| Suspected cases‡ | 61,600 |
| Recovered | 129,990 |
Deaths | 16,097 |
| Fatality rate | 3.8% |
| Government website | |
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| ‡Suspected cases have not been confirmed by laboratory tests as being due to this strain, although some other strains may have been ruled out. | |
The COVID-19 pandemic in Guatemala is a part of the 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 reached Guatemala in March 2020.