COVID-19 pandemic in Sint Maarten
Disease	COVID-19
Virus strain	SARS-CoV-2
Location	Sint Maarten
Arrival date	17 March 2020 (4 years, 2 months, 2 weeks and 3 days)
Confirmed cases	9,599[1] (2022-03-09)
Active cases	51
Recovered	9,463
Deaths	85
Government website
sintmaartengov.org

The COVID-19 pandemic in Sint Maarten, also known as the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in Sint Maarten,was a part of the ongoing viral pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which was confirmed to have reached the Dutch Caribbean island of Sint Maarten on 17 March 2020. By 15 June, all cases recovered.^[2] On 1 July, a new case had been discovered,^[3] which resolved on 3 July ^[4] On 15 July, a 79th case was discovered.^[5]

The island is split in a Dutch and French part, with the main airport on the Dutch side and the major harbour on the Dutch side. The first positive test was a French couple from Saint Martin who returned from France via Saint Barthélemy on 1 March 2020. They were screened and tested positive on the airport, but are counted on the French count.^[6] The island had a population of 41,486 people in 2016.^[7]

Background

On 12 January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that a novel 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.^[8][9]

The case fatality ratio for COVID-19 has been much lower than SARS of 2003,^[10][11] but the transmission has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll.^[12][10]

Timeline