COVID-19 pandemic in Kosovo | |
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | Kosovo |
First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China via Italy |
Index case | Vitia |
Arrival date | 13 March 2020 (4 years, 7 months, 3 weeks and 4 days) |
Confirmed cases | 129,309 |
Active cases | 19,695 |
Hospitalized cases | 858 |
Ventilator cases | 3 |
Recovered | 107,288 |
Deaths | 3014 |
Fatality rate | 1.8% |
The COVID-19 pandemic in Kosovo was a 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 to be confirmed on the 13 March 2020 when an Italian women in her 20s work in the Caritas Kosova at Klina.[1]
As of 14 January 2023, 1,836,901 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in Kosovo.[2]