COVID-19 pandemic in Slovakia

COVID-19 pandemic in Slovakia
0-99 cases   100-149 cases   150-199 cases   200-249 cases   250-299 cases   300-349 cases   350-399 cases
Disease	COVID-19
Virus strain	SARS-CoV-2
Location	Slovakia
First outbreak	Wuhan, China
Index case	Kostolište
Arrival date	6 March 2020 (4 years, 8 months, 3 weeks and 6 days ago)
Confirmed cases	1,764
Active cases	270
Recovered	1,466
Deaths	28
Government website
korona.gov.sk

The COVID-19 pandemic in Slovakia is 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 spread to Slovakia on 6 March 2020 when Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini announced that a 52-year-old man was infected.^[1] He had not traveled anywhere but his son had traveled to Venice in Italy, and it was believed that his son was the first Slovak to be which was later confirmed.

Three cases were then confirmed, including the man's son and wife.^[2] During the next few days, COVID-19 cases went up to 21 out of 832 tested.

References

1. "Coronavirus confirmed in Slovakia". spectator.sme.sk. 6 March 2020. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
2. "Three coronavirus cases confirmed in Slovakia". spectator.sme.sk. 7 March 2020. Retrieved 2020-03-11.