COVID-19 pandemic in Guatemala

COVID-19 pandemic in Guatemala
DiseaseCOVID-19
Virus strainSARS-CoV-2
LocationGuatemala
First outbreakWuhan, China
Index caseGuatemala City
Arrival date13 March 2020
(4 years, 8 months, 1 week and 3 days)
Confirmed cases142,064[1][2]
Active cases9,491[1][2]
Suspected cases‡61,600
Recovered129,990[1][2]
Deaths
16,097[1][2]
Fatality rate3.8%
Government website
www.mspas.gob.gt
‡Suspected cases have not been confirmed by laboratory tests as being due to this strain, although some other strains may have been ruled out.

The COVID-19 pandemic in Guatemala is 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 confirmed to have reached Guatemala in March 2020.

  1. ^ a b c d "Twitter". Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "Coronavirus" (in Spanish). Ministerio de Salud Pública (Guatemala).