COVID-19 pandemic in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville
| COVID-19 pandemic in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville | |
|---|---|
Location of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville within Papua New Guinea | |
| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Location | Autonomous Region of Bougainville |
| Arrival date | August 7, 2020 (4 years, 10 months, 1 week and 4 days) |
| Confirmed cases | 1,202 |
| Recovered | 1,186 |
Deaths | 19 |
| Government website | |
| Autonomous Region of Bougainville State of Emergency (SOE) COVID-19 | |
The COVID-19 pandemic in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The Autonomous Region of Bougainville's confirmed its first case of the COVID-19 pandemic on Friday, August 7, 2020, in Arawa, Bougainville. The first documented arrival of COVID-19 in Bougainville occurred just before the start of the Bougainvillean general and presidential elections, which took place over the course of three weeks beginning on August 12, 2020, and ending on September 1, 2020.