COVID-19 pandemic in North Macedonia

details of ongoing viral outbreak in North Macedonia

The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached North Macedonia in February 2020.[3]

COVID-19 pandemic in North Macedonia
Пандемија на коронавирус во Македонија 2020 (in Macedonian)
Map of regions with confirmed (red) coronavirus cases (as of 20 April)
DiseaseCOVID-19
Virus strainSARS-CoV-2
LocationNorth Macedonia
First outbreakWuhan, China via Italy
Index caseSkopje
Arrival date26 February 2020
(4 years, 7 months, 4 weeks and 1 day)
Confirmed cases307,967[1][2]
Active cases1,111
Recovered297,600
Deaths
9,256
Government website
koronavirus.gov.mk

The first case in the country was mainly connected with the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy as there are about 70,000 residents[4] of Italy from North Macedonia. This resulted in many people returning to North Macedonia, bringing the virus with them.[5] It was confirmed in 26 February.

References

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  1. "Latest information on COVID-19 in North Macedonia". koronavirus.gov.mk. Archived from the original on 2020-04-19. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
  2. "Real-time Coronavirus condition in North Macedonia". gdi.net (in Macedonian).
  3. "Уште три нови случаи на коронавирус во Македонија, вкупната бројка достигна седум". Сител Телевизија (in Macedonian). Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  4. "Macedoni in Italia". comuni-italiani.it (in Italian).
  5. "Два нови потврдени случаи на корона вирус во Дебар". zdravstvo.gov.mk (in Macedonian). 6 March 2020. Archived from the original on 18 August 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2020.