COVID-19 pandemic in El Salvador

The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached El Salvador on 18 March 2020.

Numbers
As of 13 May 2020, El Salvador reported 1,112 cases, 20 deaths and 405 recoveries.

On 31 March 2020, the first COVID-19 death in El Salvador was confirmed.

Response
President Nayib Bukele banned public gathering of more than 500 people and shut down educational institutions on 17 March.

Arrests
El Salvador had arrested more people for violating the quarantine than it had diagnosed cases of COVID-19, a total of 2,424 people had been arrested for violating quarantine orders, and 48,913 people had been tested for the virus.

References

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