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, 3 months, 1 week and 4 days) |
| Confirmed cases | 4,526,977 |
| Hospitalized cases | 3,109 |
| Ventilator cases | 967 |
| Recovered | 4,282,305 |
Deaths | 220,975 |
| Fatality rate | 4.88% |
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| Government website | |
| Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Peru Situation Room COVID-19 Peru (Both websites in Spanish) | |
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| Peru portal |
The COVID-19 pandemic in Peru has resulted in 4,526,977 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 220,975 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. 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.