COVID-19 pandemic in the Ilocos Region
| COVID-19 pandemic in the Ilocos Region | |
|---|---|
| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Location | Ilocos Region |
| First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
| Index case | Pangasinan and Caba, La Union |
| Arrival date | March 20, 2020 (5 years, 2 months, 4 weeks and 1 day) |
| Confirmed cases | 144,409 |
| Recovered | 140,432 |
Deaths | 3,136 |
| Government website | |
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The COVID-19 pandemic in the Ilocos Region is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus reached the Ilocos Region on March 20, 2020, when the first cases of the disease were confirmed in the provinces of Pangasinan and La Union.