COVID-19 pandemic in Yukon
| COVID-19 pandemic in Yukon | |
|---|---|
| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
| First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
| Index case | Whitehorse |
| Arrival date | March 22, 2020 (5 years, 2 months, 3 weeks and 6 days) |
| Date | October 24, 2022 |
| Confirmed cases | 4,946 |
| Active cases | 16 |
| Hospitalized cases | 0 |
| Recovered | 4,906 |
Deaths | 32 |
| Fatality rate | 0.65% |
| Government website | |
| Yukon Government | |
The COVID-19 pandemic in Yukon is part of an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
On March 22, 2020, Premier Sandy Silver and the Chief Medical Officer, Brendan Hanley, announced that Yukon had its first cases of coronavirus, a couple who had attended a convention in the United States and then returned home to Whitehorse. They developed symptoms upon their return and immediately sought medical assistance. They have self-isolated and have meticulously followed all public health directions. During the pandemic, the territory opened its first public university in the north, Yukon University.