COVID-19 pandemic in Costa Rica

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.

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