COVID-19 pandemic in the Cayman Islands | |
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | Cayman Islands |
Arrival date | 12 March 2020 (4 years, 10 months, 3 weeks and 5 days) |
Confirmed cases | 356[1] |
Active cases | 9,047 (as of 18 December 2021) |
Recovered | 307[1] |
Deaths | 9[1] |
Fatality rate | 0.74% |
Government website | |
https://www.exploregov.ky/coronavirus |
The COVID-19 pandemic in Cayman Islands is part of the ongoing global viral pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which was confirmed to have reached the British Overseas Territory of the Cayman Islands in March 2020.
On 12 March 2020, a 68-year-old Italian man in critical condition, who was transferred from a cruise ship to a hospital in the Cayman Islands on 29 February due to heart issues, was announced as the first confirmed coronavirus case.[2] His death was announced two days later.[3]
On 15 November 2020, a second COVID-19 death happened.[4]
On 17 December 2020, Mercer University pre-med student and a Cayman Islands resident were sentenced to four months in prison for her violating the island's mandatory two-week quarantine COVID-19 restriction two days after arriving from the United States.[5][6][7]