COVID-19 pandemic in the Kurdistan Region

COVID-19 pandemic in the Kurdistan Region
  • Kurdistan Region in dark red
  • Disputed territories controlled by the Iraqi federal government in light red
DiseaseCOVID-19
Virus strainSARS-CoV-2
LocationKurdistan Region
First outbreakWuhan, Hubei, China
Arrival date1 March 2020
(4 years, 8 months and 2 days)
Confirmed cases230,263
Recovered198,457
Deaths
4,770
Government website
GOV.KRD

The COVID-19 pandemic in the Kurdistan Region is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The COVID-19 disease was first confirmed to have reached the Kurdistan Region, an autonomous region of Iraq, on 1 March 2020.