COVID-19 pandemic in the Isle of Man
| COVID-19 pandemic in the Isle of Man | |
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| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Location | Isle of Man |
| First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
| Arrival date | 19 March 2020 (5 years, 2 months and 29 days) |
| Confirmed cases | 38,008 |
| Recovered | 37,892 |
Deaths | 116 |
| Fatality rate | 0.3% |
| Government website | |
| Isle of Man Government COVID-19 | |
| Part of a series on the |
| COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies |
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| (Part of the global COVID-19 pandemic) |
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The COVID-19 pandemic in the Isle of Man is 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 the British crown dependency of the Isle of Man on 19 March 2020, when a man returning from Spain via Liverpool tested positive. Community transmission was first confirmed on 22 March on the island.
The government announced the closure of the island's borders and ports to new arrivals starting on 27 March 2020, with the exception of freight and key workers.