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COVID-19 pandemic in Brunei | |
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | Brunei |
First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
Index case | Tutong[note 1] |
Arrival date | 9 March 2020 (4 years, 9 months and 19 days) |
Confirmed cases | 349,830[1] |
Recovered | 308,552 (updated 27 June 2023) [2] |
Deaths | 182[1] |
Fatality rate | 0.42% |
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The COVID-19 pandemic in Brunei was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus spread to Brunei on 9 March 2020, when its first case was confirmed in Tutong.[note 1][3] Many early cases were linked to Jamek Mosque Sri Petaling in Kuala Lumpur, which held a large Tablighi Jamaat ijtema event[4] at the end of February 2020. Of Brunei's first 50 cases, 45 were related to Jamek Mosque.[5] The pandemic had spread to all districts of Brunei.[6] As of January 4, 2023, there have been over 260,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in Brunei, resulting in 225 fatalities.[7]
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