COVID-19 pandemic in Oceania
| COVID-19 pandemic in Oceania | |
|---|---|
 Map of the COVID-19 pandemic in Oceania
10,000+ Confirmed cases
1000-9999 Confirmed cases
100-999 Confirmed cases
10–99 Confirmed cases
1–9 Confirmed cases | |
| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Location | Oceania |
| First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
| Index case | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Arrival date | 25 January 2020 (4 years, 9 months and 5 days ago) |
| Confirmed cases | 11,014 |
| Recovered | 9,945 |
Territories | 10 |
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Oceania on 25 January 2020 with the first confirmed case reported in Melbourne, Australia.[1] It has since spread elsewhere in the region,[2] although many small Pacific island nations have thus far avoided the outbreak by closing their international borders.
As of 6 July, ten Oceania sovereign states have yet to report a case - Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated State of Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "First confirmed case of novel coronavirus in Australia". Australian Government Department of Health. 25 January 2020. Archived from the original on 15 February 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
- ↑ "WHO COVID-19 Dashboard". 24 April 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
