COVID-19 pandemic in Guatemala

The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Guatemala in March 2020.

COVID-19 pandemic in Guatemala
1-9 Cases Reported     10-99 Cases Reported     100-999 Cases Reported     +1000 Cases Reported
Disease	COVID-19
Location	Guatemala
First outbreak	Wuhan, China
Index case	Guatemala City
Arrival date	13 March 2020 (4 years, 9 months, 1 week and 3 days)
Confirmed cases	1,342
Active cases	719
Suspected cases‡	11500
Recovered	121
Deaths	29
Total ILI cases	554
Government website
www.mspas.gob.gt
‡Suspected cases have not been confirmed as being due to this strain by laboratory tests, although some other strains may have been ruled out.

On 13 March 2020, the first case in Guatemala, a Guatemalan man who traveled from Italy to Guatemala, was confirmed.

On 13 March 2020, the Guatemalan government extended its travel restrictions to travelers from the US and Canada. Starting on 16 March, no travelers coming from these countries were allowed to enter Guatemala, until March 31.

On 15 March 2020, the Guatemalan government confirmed its second case and the first COVID-19 death in the country, an 85-year-old man who arrived from Madrid with his family nine days earlier.

On April 23, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights called on Mexican and Central American governments to stop deportations during the coronavirus pandemic. 2,500 migrants were stuck in Panama because Honduras had closed its border. Mexico dumped migrants in Guatemala, but Guatemala did not let them in. On April 23 the organization helped 41 migrants return to El Salvador from Mexico.