page_title: COVID-19 pandemic in Costa Rica
hierarchical_section_title: COVID-19 pandemic in Costa Rica
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of provinces with confirmed (red) or suspected (blue) coronavirus cases (as of April 2020) &#160;&#160; Confirmed 1~9 &#160;&#160; Confirmed 10~199 &#160;&#160; Confirmed 100~499
context_page_description: The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic was first confirmed to have spread to Costa Rica on 6 March 2020, after a 49-year-old woman tourist from New York, United States, tested positive for the virus.
  As of 13 May 2020, Costa Rica has reported 815 positive cases, 527 recoveries, and 7 deaths.
  One senior citizen, an 87-year-old man, died on 18 March and is the first COVID-19 death in Costa Rica. He was one of 25 people infected by a doctor in Alajuela.
  By 30 April, the country had the lowest case fatality rate in the Americas, at about 0.86%. More Costa Ricans have died in the United States than in Costa Rica.
context_section_description: The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic was first confirmed to have spread to Costa Rica on 6 March 2020, after a 49-year-old woman tourist from New York, United States, tested positive for the virus.
  As of 13 May 2020, Costa Rica has reported 815 positive cases, 527 recoveries, and 7 deaths. 
  One senior citizen, an 87-year-old man, died on 18 March and is the first COVID-19 death in Costa Rica. He was one of 25 people infected by a doctor in Alajuela.
  By 30 April, the country had the lowest case fatality rate in the Americas, at about 0.86%. More Costa Ricans have died in the United States than in Costa Rica.
caption: Map of provinces with confirmed coronavirus cases (as of 12 May)     Confirmed 1–9     Confirmed 10–99
       Confirmed 100–315
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