| COVID-19 pandemic in Sevastopol | |
|---|---|
| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Location | Sevastopol |
| Arrival date | 27 March 2020 (5 years, 6 months and 3 weeks) |
| Confirmed cases | 4,623 |
| Recovered | 4,164 |
Deaths | 133 |
TheCOVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reachedSevastopol in March 2020. The Russian government includes the cases in Sevastopol in the count of cases inRussia (the city is recognised as a part ofUkraine by most of the international community but occupied by Russia).
On 12 January 2020, theWorld Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that anovel 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.[1][2]
Thecase fatality ratio for COVID-19 has been much lower thanSARS of 2003,[3][4] but thetransmission has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll.[5][3]
As of 30 March 2020[update], there were five confirmed cases in Sevastopol.[6]
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