COVID-19 pandemic in Cusco
Ongoing COVID-19 viral pandemic in Cuzco, Peru / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The COVID-19 pandemic in Cuzco 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 reported to have spread to Cusco on 13 March 2020, when a 37-year-old man who had travelled to United States tested positive.[1] The start of the epidemic outbreak in The country, also called "community transmission", was announced on March 17, 2020, while the first death was reported a week later.[2] As time passed, the outbreak spread throughout the department, Paruro being the last province to report its first positive case on May 6, 2020. In the district of Villa Virgen, La Convención Province, a first positive case of contagion by COVID-19 was confirmed on August 24, 2020, becoming the last district of the department to declare the presence of infected persons. The exponential increase in infections, which occurred since the third week of July, positioned Cuzco as the third department with the most cases in Peru.
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COVID-19 pandemic in Cusco | |
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | Cusco, Peru |
First outbreak | Wuhan, China |
Index case | Cusco |
Arrival date | March 13, 2020 (2020-03-13) – present (4 years, 4 months and 2 weeks) |
Territories | 13 provinces |
Government website | |
Gerencia Regional de Salud Cusco - COVID-19 (in Spanish) |