COVID-19 pandemic in San Marino

The COVID-19 pandemic in San Marino 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 virus was confirmed to have reached San Marino in February 2020.

COVID-19 pandemic in San Marino
Disease	COVID-19
Virus strain	SARS-CoV-2
Location	San Marino
First outbreak	Wuhan, China
Arrival date	27 February 2020 (5 months, 3 weeks and 1 day)
Date	As of 1 August 2020
Confirmed cases	699[1]
Active cases	0[1]
Recovered	657[1]
Deaths	42[1]
Government website
www.iss.sm

As of 5 June, with 694 confirmed cases out of a population of 33,344 (as of 2018), it was the country with the second-highest percentage of confirmed cases per capita at 2.08% – 1 confirmed case per 49 inhabitants.[2] Also, with 42 confirmed deaths, the country has the highest rate of confirmed deaths per capita at 0.126% of the total population – 1 death per 794 inhabitants.[3] The crude fatality rate is 6.05%.[4] It was declared "Covid-free" on 26 June 2020,[5] although on 9 July it had another case who had recovered by the end of the month.

Background

On 12 January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that a novel coronavirus was the cause of a respiratory illness in a cluster of people in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, which was reported to the WHO on 31 December 2019.[6][7]

The case fatality ratio for COVID-19 has been much lower than SARS of 2003,[8][9] but the transmission has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll.[10][8]

Timeline

COVID-19 cases in San Marino  ()      Deaths        Recoveries        Active cases Feb Feb Mar Mar Apr Apr May May Jun Jun Last 15 days Last 15 days
Date			# of cases	# of deaths
2020-02-27		​	1(n.a.)
2020-02-28		​	2(+100%)
2020-02-29		​	3(+50%)
2020-03-01		​	8(+167%)
2020-03-02		​ ​	9(+13%)	1(n.a.)
2020-03-03		​ ​	11(+22%)	1
2020-03-04		​ ​	16(+45%)	1
2020-03-05		​ ​	22(+38%)	1
2020-03-06		​ ​	24(+9%)	1
2020-03-07		​ ​	27(+13%)	1
2020-03-08		​ ​	37(+37%)	1
2020-03-09		​ ​	51(+38%)	2(+100%)
2020-03-10		​ ​	62(+22%)	2
2020-03-11		​ ​	69(+11%)	3(+50%)
2020-03-12		​ ​	72(+4%)	5(+67%)
2020-03-13		​ ​ ​	80(+11%)	5
2020-03-14		​ ​ ​	101(+26%)	5
2020-03-15		​ ​ ​	109(+8%)	7(+40%)
2020-03-16		​ ​ ​	115(+6%)	9(+29%)
2020-03-17		​ ​ ​	119(+3%)	11(+22%)
2020-03-18		​ ​ ​	127(+7%)	14(+27%)
2020-03-19		​ ​ ​	144(+13%)	14
2020-03-20		​ ​ ​	151(+5%)	14
2020-03-21		​ ​ ​	160(+6%)	20(+43%)
2020-03-22		​ ​ ​	175(+9%)	20
2020-03-23		​ ​ ​	187(+7%)	20
2020-03-24		​ ​ ​	187	21(+5%)
2020-03-25		​ ​ ​	208(+11%)	21
2020-03-26		​ ​ ​	218(+5%)	21
2020-03-27		​ ​ ​	223(+2%)	21
2020-03-28		​ ​ ​	224(+0.45%)	22(+4.8%)
2020-03-29		​ ​ ​	229(+2.2%)	24(+9.1%)
2020-03-30		​ ​ ​	230(+0.4%)	25(+4.2%)
2020-03-31		​ ​ ​	236(+2.6%)	26(+4%)
2020-04-01		​ ​ ​	236	28(+8%)
2020-04-02		​ ​ ​	245(+3.8%)	30(+7.1%)
2020-04-03		​ ​ ​	251(+2.4%)	32(+6.7%)
2020-04-04		​ ​ ​	259(+3.2%)	32
2020-04-05		​ ​ ​	266(+2.7%)	32
2020-04-06		​ ​ ​	277(+4.1%)	32
2020-04-07		​ ​ ​	279(+0.7%)	34(+6.3%)
2020-04-08		​ ​ ​	308(+10.4%)	34
2020-04-09		​ ​ ​	333(+8.1%)	34
2020-04-10		​ ​ ​	344(+3.3%)	34
2020-04-11		​ ​ ​	356(+3.5%)	35(+2.9%)
2020-04-12		​ ​ ​	356	35
2020-04-13		​ ​ ​	371(+4.2%)	36(+2.9%)
2020-04-14		​ ​ ​	372(+0.3%)	36
2020-04-15		​ ​ ​	393(+5.6%)	36
2020-04-16		​ ​ ​	426(+8.4%)	38(+5.6%)
2020-04-17		​ ​ ​	435(+2.1%)	39(+2.6%)
2020-04-18		​ ​ ​	455(+4.6%)	39
2020-04-19		​ ​ ​	461(+1.3%)	39
2020-04-20		​ ​ ​	462(+0.2%)	39
2020-04-21		​ ​ ​	476(+3%)	40(+2.6%)
2020-04-22		​ ​ ​	488(+2.5%)	40
2020-04-23		​ ​ ​	501(+2.7%)	40
2020-04-24		​ ​ ​	513(+2.4%)	40
2020-04-25		​ ​ ​	535(+4.3%)	40
2020-04-26		​ ​ ​	538(+0.6%)	41(+2.5%)
2020-04-27		​ ​ ​	538	41
2020-04-28		​ ​ ​	553(+2.8%)	41
2020-04-29		​ ​ ​	563(+1.8%)	41
2020-04-30		​ ​ ​	569(+1.1%)	41
2020-05-01		​ ​ ​	580(+1.9%)	41
2020-05-02		​ ​ ​	580	41
2020-05-03		​ ​ ​	582(+0.3%)	41
2020-05-04		​ ​ ​	582	41
2020-05-05		​ ​ ​	589(+1.2%)	41
2020-05-06		​ ​ ​	608(+3.2%)	41
2020-05-07		​ ​ ​	622(+2.3%)	41
2020-05-08		​ ​ ​	623(+0.2%)	41
2020-05-09		​ ​ ​	637(+2.2%)	41
2020-05-10		​ ​ ​	628(-1.4%)	41
2020-05-11		​ ​ ​	628	41
2020-05-12		​ ​ ​	638(+1.6%)	41
2020-05-13		​ ​ ​	643(+0.8%)	41
2020-05-14		​ ​ ​	648(+0.8%)	41
2020-05-15		​ ​ ​	652(+0.6%)	41
2020-05-16		​ ​ ​	653(+0.2%)	41
2020-05-17		​ ​ ​	654(+0.2%)	41
2020-05-18		​ ​ ​	654	41
2020-05-19		​ ​ ​	655(+0.2%)	41
2020-05-20		​ ​ ​	656(+0.2%)	41
2020-05-21		​ ​ ​	658(+0.3%)	41
2020-05-22		​ ​ ​	661(+0.5%)	41
2020-05-23		​ ​ ​	665(+0.6%)	42(+2.4%)
2020-05-24		​ ​ ​	665(+0.6%)	42
2020-05-25		​ ​ ​	666(+0.2%)	42
2020-05-26		​ ​ ​	666	42
2020-05-27		​ ​ ​	667(+0.2%)	42
2020-05-28		​ ​ ​	670(+0.4%)	42
2020-05-29		​ ​ ​	671(+0.1%)	42
2020-05-30		​ ​ ​	671	42
2020-06-01		​ ​ ​	671	42
2020-06-02		​ ​ ​	672(+0.1%)	42
2020-06-03		​ ​ ​	674(+0.3%)	42
2020-06-04		​ ​ ​	678(+0.6%)	42
2020-06-05		​ ​ ​	680(+0.3%)	42
2020-06-06		​ ​ ​	680	42
2020-06-07		​ ​ ​	680	42
2020-06-08		​ ​ ​	687(+1%)	42
2020-06-09		​ ​ ​	688(+0.1%)	42
2020-06-10		​ ​ ​	691(+0.4%)	42
2020-06-11		​ ​ ​	691	42
2020-06-12		​ ​ ​	694(+0.4%)	42
2020-06-13		​ ​ ​	694	42
2020-06-14		​ ​ ​	694	42
2020-06-15		​ ​ ​	694	42
2020-06-16		​ ​ ​	694	42
2020-06-17		​ ​ ​	696	42
2020-06-18		​ ​ ​	696	42
Sources: Press Office of Social Security Institute of San Marino (acronym ISS) provides daily update here

February 2020

On 27 February, San Marino confirmed its first case, an 88-year-old man with pre-existing medical conditions, who came from Italy. He was hospitalised at a hospital in Rimini, Italy.[11]

March 2020

On 1 March, 7 more cases were confirmed and the Health Emergency Coordination Group confirmed that the 88-year-old man had died, becoming the first Sammarinese to die of the virus.[12]

On 8 March, the number of confirmed cases had increased to 36.[13]

On 10 March, 63 cases were confirmed. On 11 March, 66 cases were confirmed, and the death count increased to 3.[14]

On 12 March, confirmed cases count increased to 67 and the death count to 5.[15]

On 14 March, the government ordered a nationwide quarantine until 6 April.[16]

June 2020

San Marino was declared to have no active cases on 26 June. In total, 698 cases of COVID-19 had been identified, of whom 42 died and the remaining 656 recovered.[5]

July 2020

On 9 July, one case of COVID-19 was identified and isolated.[17] The patient recovered and by the end of the month, the number of active cases in the country returned to zero.[1][18]

See also

• COVID-19 pandemic by country and territory
• COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
• COVID-19 pandemic in Italy

References

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11. "Coronavirus: primo caso nella Repubblica di San Marino". Altarimini.it (in Italian). 27 February 2020. Archived from the original on 28 February 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
12. "Coronavirus: è morto il sammarinese ricoverato a Rimini". San Marino Rtv. 1 March 2020. Archived from the original on 1 March 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
13. "Coronavirus: 36 casi, 10 in più. Sul decreto italiano: "i lavoratori potranno muoversi"". San Marino Rtv (in Italian). 8 March 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
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16. Nuovo decreto legge in vigore fino al 6 aprile (in Italian)
17. "Nuovo caso di Covid-19 a San Marino: subito identificato e isolato" (in Italian). Istituto per la Sicurezza Sociale di San Marino. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
18. "Guarito il sammarinese risultato positivo alla Covid-19 a luglio" (in Italian). Istituto per la Sicurezza Sociale di San Marino. 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2020.