The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached the Spanish territory of Melilla in March 2020.
COVID-19 pandemic in Melilla | |
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | Melilla |
First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China via Spain |
Arrival date | 10 March 2020 (4 years, 4 weeks and 2 days) |
Confirmed cases | 107 |
Recovered | 27 |
Deaths | 2 |
A man who arrived from the Iberian Peninsula carried the virus into the African Spanish Territory in Melilla.[1]
By April 16, the city had confirmed a total of 103 cases. 27 had recovered, and two had died.[2]