COVID-19 pandemic in French Polynesia | |
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | French Polynesia |
Index case | Tahiti |
Arrival date | 11 March 2020 (4 years, 6 months and 5 days ago) |
Confirmed cases | 79,387[1] |
Recovered | 77,570[2] |
Deaths | 650[1] |
Government website | |
https://www.service-public.pf/dsp/covid-19/ |
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached the French overseas collectivity of French Polynesia in March 2020.[3] As of 24 August 2021, French Polynesia has been the worst affected country in Oceania both in terms of proportion relative to population of total confirmed cases and total deaths. French Polynesia has experienced two significant outbreak waves, the first between September 2020 - January 2021, and the ongoing second wave which began in July 2021.