Costa Rica registered the highest number of new cases this Friday with 119 new cases. This situation forced the government to cancel the reopening of commerce that was planned for this weekend. “This puts us in a high risk of heading to an exponential curve, here we all have been doing our share to protect the health (of the population), to give the opportunity to people that can get seriously ...

UPDATED 06/19/20 The Costa Rican Government has SUSPENDED Phase 3 of the Economic reopening due to major spike in cases. The Ministry of Health confirmed this Thursday that as scheduled more businesses will be able to open doors again during the weekend as long as they comply with the sanitary guidelines given in each case. The country enters the third phase of reopening commerce which will...

On June 13, 2020, Costa Rica registered 50 new cases of Covid-19 for a total of 1,662 confirmed cases with ages ranging from 0 to 92 and involving 762 women and 900 men; 1247 patients are Costa Rican and 415 are foreigners. 743 of these patients have already recovered while 19 people remain hospitalized, 3 of them in the intensive care unit. 22,144 people have tested negative. The coun...

The Ministry of Health in Costa Rica confirmed 77 new Covid-19 cases through this Thursday, June 11, 2020, bringing the total to 1,538 registered cases with ages ranging from 0 to 92 years of age. In total 710 women and 828 men have tested positive, 1,150 are Costa Rican and 388 are foreigners out of the registered 1,538 cases. A large “cluster” of cases are located in the northern zone of C...

During the daily press conference carried out by the health authorities in Costa Rica this Wednesday, June 10, they confirmed 86 new cases of Covid-19 in the country, this is the highest number registered since the virus reached the country. This brings the total number of Covid-19 positive cases to 1,461, out of which 722 are already recovered and 12 have died. 1,146 are Costa Rican citizens w...

The Ministry of Health of Costa Rica confirmed the 12th death in the country of a Covid-19 positive patient. The deceased is a 64-year-old woman resident of San Jose, who had been hospitalized for 70 days and remained in the Intensive Care Unit of the Hospital Mexico in La Uruca. The woman had several underlying conditions that made her a vulnerable patient, she had high blood pressure, diab...

The Ministry of Health in Costa Rica announced the evening of this Monday, June 8th death number 11 related to Covid-19. This time the deceased was a 26-year-old woman, Costa Rican and resident of Alajuela, who apparently did not present any symptoms and whose only risk factor was being asthmatic. The diagnose of Covid-19 was made postmortem. According to the information provided by the Mini...

The Ministry of Health registered 55 new cases of Covid-19 in Costa Rica this Sunday June 7th. This brings the total to 1,318 confirmed cases: 613 women and 705 men. 1021 are Costa Rican while 297 are foreigners. Out of the 1,318 cases, 704 people have already recovered. The number of deaths related to the virus remains at 10. There are currently 20 people hospitalized, 4 of them in intensiv...

It has been three months since Costa Rica confirmed the first case of Covid-19 in the country and through June 6th it has registered 1,263 positive cases of coronavirus. The number is made up of 592 women and 671 men out of which 991 are Costa Rican and 272 are foreigners. By age the virus has reached 1,072 adults, 62 senior citizens and 129 minors. Out of the 1,263 cases, 701 have alread...

Costa Rica registered 52 new cases of Covid-19 for a total 1,157 confirmed cases; this includes 542 women and 615 men; 913 Costa Rican and 244 foreigners. The youngest patient is a 5-day-old premature baby while the oldest patient is an 89 year-old man. 685 patients have already recovered. The number of deaths remains at 10. 21 people are hospitalized, 5 of them in the intensive care unit...

Monday, June 1st, Costa Rica enters phase three of its sanitary measures, these will be in place through June 19 and will apply for the entire country. More businesses will be allowed to operate, especially on the weekends For now, the daily and nightly vehicular transit restrictions remain the same for weekdays and weekends based upon license plate numbers. Hotels and lodging facilities in ...

The Ministry of Health in Costa Rica provided the daily update this Saturday, May 30 of Covid-19 cases, confirming 1,047 cases in the country, out of which 658 have already recovered, and 379 remain active. The country registers at this point 10 deaths, while 17,686 people have tested negative for the virus. 15 people remain hospitalized and 4 of them in the intensive care unit. Costa Rica’s...

This Tuesday, May 27 Costa Rica registered 28 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 for a total of 984 patients, 461 women and 523 men out of which 804 are Costa Rica and 180 are foreigners. Out of the 28 new cases reported today, 18 were already in preventive isolation due to a sanitary order. 21 are national citizens and 7 are foreigners. 639 people have successfully recovered and currently 12 pe...

As of Saturday May 24th Costa Rica registered 918 confirmed cases of Covid-19. This number includes 425 women and 493 men, out of which 757 are Costa Rican and 161 are foreigners. 607 people are already recovered, and 15,093 have been tested and discarded. 15 patients remain hospitalized out of them, 4 are in intensive care including a 27-year-old. The Minister of Health, Daniel Salas, expla...

Through May 20, Costa Rica registers 15 new cases of Covid-19 for a total 897 confirmed cases, involving 414 women and 483 men. However, 582 of these patients are already recovered. On Monday the number of new cases informed by the Ministry of Health was of 16. “We had an important curve that began mid-March, we applied the sanitary measures and people began to understand the importance of soci...

Costa Rica has now registered 10 deaths due to Covid-19 Coronavirus, the tenth victim was a 73-year-old male who in addition to his age had high blood pressure and an aortic valve cardiopathy. The patient was diagnosed back on April 25 and had remained hospitalized since that date. In total 9 men and 1 woman that have been diagnosed with Covid-19 have passed away with ages ranging from 45 to 87...

Through Friday, May 15, Costa Rica registered 13 new cases of Covid-19 for a total 843 confirmed cases, this number made up of by 384 women and 459 men, 712 Costa Rican and 131 foreigners. 542 people are already recovered and 12,260 have tested negative. On Friday May 15th the country registered the ninth death of a Covid-19 positive patient. This time the deceased is 58-year-old women who was...

A 75-year-old man that had tested positive for Covid-19 back on April 8th is the eighth registered death in the country due to Covid-19. The man was hospitalized on April 8th and was transferred to intensive care on April 14th, he had tested negative for the virus on May 7th but unfortunately died on May 13th. The Ministry of Health confirmed that in addition to his advanced age, had high blood...

As of May 11 Costa Rica has a total of 801 confirmed cases of Coronavirus, 277 of them are still active, 517 recovered, and 7 deceased. As the government continues to implement sanitary measures to prevent an uncontrolled global outbreak, it also announced changes for the sanitary restrictions that are in place. The Government of Costa Rica has announced the plan to gradually re-engage  economi...

The Ministry of Health in Costa Rica confirmed the death of another patient that had tested positive for Covid-19. This is the seventh death registered in the country. In this case the deceased is an 80 year old man who was hospitalized at the Enrique Baltodano Hospital in Liberia, Guanacaste on May 9th. The man was a foreigner who lived in Alajuela, he had underlying health conditions such as ...

The Government of Costa Rica will announce on Monday, May 11, the plan to gradually re-engage  economic activities and begin the road back to “normalcy”. “We will reopen economic activities subject to a strict surveillance of sanitary protocols. We will extend the vehicular restriction first. We will open for national tourism, hotels, national parks, commerce, restaurants, theaters and movie th...

The Ministry of Public Security announced that current border restrictions prohibiting foreigners from entering Costa Rica have been extended through June 15, only Costa Ricans will be able to enter the country. As we have informed in previous articles, tourists who entered the country after December 17 have been granted an extension of stay until July 17, driving privileges have also been exte...

Two months have passed since the first case of Covid-19 was confirmed in Costa Rica. As of May 6th the country reports 761 confirmed cases out of which 428 have already recovered. 9,412 people have tested negative. Six patients have died and as of today 18 people are hospitalized out of which five are in the intensive care unit. Daniel Salas, Minister of Health, referred today to the strategy t...

Through May 4th the number of patients positive with Covid-19 in Costa Rica was of 742 according to the update provided by the Ministry of Health. 339 people are now recovered, however, 17 remain hospitalized and 5 of them in the intensive care unit. The Minister of Health, Daniel Salas, insisted that the population cannot let the guard down, even though the curve of transmissions has been s...

The Ministry of Health confirmed during the daily press conference this Saturday, May 2, a total of 735 cases of Covi-19 positive patients. This number includes 351 women and 382 men, 657 are Costa Rican while 76 are foreigners. There are positive cases in 62 out of the 82 counties in the 7 provinces. By age there are 655 adults, 38 senior citizens and 40 minors A total 8,932 people have tes...

Through April 29 Costa Rica registers 713 confirmed cases of coronavirus, 340 women and 373 men; 642 are Costa Rican while 71 foreigners. The health authorities have discarded 8,980 people, while 323 have already recovered with Six having passed away. However, the number of Covid-19 positive patients of Costa Rican nationality that have died in the United States is of 16. The number was c...

The Clodomiro Picado Institute of the University of Costa Rica created its first test lot with plasma on patients that have NOT had Covid-19, which helps verify its line of productions to process the plasma of Covid-19 convalescent patients. What this means is that the Institute now is completely prepared to receive the plasma from Covid-19 convalescent patients when the Social Security Service...

As of Monday, April 27 the number of positive cases of Covid-19 in Costa Rica is 697 cases, that includes 334 women and 363 men, out of which 628 are Costa Rican and 69 are foreigners. 8,305 people have been discarded. The number of deaths in the country remains at 6. 16 people remain hospitalized 8 of them in intensive care with ages ranging between 45 and 87 years. The government also announ...

The Ministry of Health registered 686 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Costa Rica, the number includes 328 woman and 358 men, 619 are Costa Rican and 67 are foreigners, by age, 617 are adults, 35 are senior adults and 34 are minors. 8,032 people have tested negative, 196 are registered as recovered and 6 people have passed away. 13 patients remain hospitalized out of which 8 remain in intensive c...

Currently, countries around the world are competing to acquire reagents and laboratory kits to diagnose the virus that causes the COVID-19 disease. Faced with this scenario, public institutions, private companies, and the United Nations have undertaken to validate an alternative protocol to identify the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus (Covid-19). The study carried out in Costa Rica seeks to ad...

The health authorities of Costa Rica announced today that the total of positive cases of Covid-19 in the country is up to 662 cases, only two new cases since Sunday. The total includes 317 women and 345 men, 606 Costa Rican and 56 foreigners. Unfortunately, a sixth patient passed away this Monday, the deceased was a 54 year-old man that had several underlying health conditions such as diabetes ...

The Minister of Health of Costa Rica confirmed a total 660 positive for Covid-19, 317 women and 343 men, 604 Costa Rican and 56 foreigners. Fourteen patients remain in intensive care. The death of a fifth patient was also informed the afternoon of this Sunday, April 19; the deceased was a 69-year-old Costa Rican man from San José who was diagnosed March 25 and remained in intensive care since Mar...

This Wed April 15th Costa Rica registered its fourth death to Covid-19, this time, the deceased was an 84-year-old man who was in the intensive care unit of the San Juan de Dios Hospital in San José. The senior citizen had been hospitalized since April 1st and had high blood pressure as an underlying condition. The three previous deaths were two 87-year-old men that both had previous underly...

By Laura Gutierrez of Immigration Help Costa Rica Over the past ten years, there have been many exchanges between myself and clients or would-be clients about the advantages of living in Costa Rica vs other so-called popular countries recommended by such sources as International Living. The list includes but is not limited to Panama, Nicaragua, Mexico, Ecuador, Colombia and Uruguay. Inquirer...

Costa Rica begins the week with a total of 612 confirmed cases of Covid-19, 295 women and 317 men; 569 Costa Rican and 43 foreigners. There are positive cases in 59 counties of the seven provinces througout the country. According to the information given by the Ministry of Health, there are 20 patients hospitalized, 14 of which remain in the intensive care unit. On a positive note, 62 peo...

As of Friday, April 10th the Ministry of Health in Costa Rica has confirmed a total 558 positive cases of Covid-19, 269 of the patients are women while 289 are men; 524 are Costa Rican and 34 foreigners. So far 42 patients have recovered while 20 are hospitalized and 13 of them are in intensive care. The country has registered three deaths so far, 2 senior citizens both 87 years of age and a 45...

Costa Rica is a tiny country with no military, yet they are battling the coronavirus better than almost any other country in the world. Here are ten reasons for their triumph. 1. Costa Rica was the first country in Central America to have confirmed cases of coronavirus, two American tourists who had contracted the virus in New York City. They were diagnosed on March 6th, and immediately put in ...

The afternoon of Wednesday, April 8, Costa Rica’s Ministry of Health confirmed the third death of a patient with coronavirus. The deceased was a 45 year-old man from San José, he had NO underlying health problems of any sort and got the virus from a trip to the United States, the last 10 days he had been in the intensive care unit of the San Juan de Dios Hospital. “We are saddened by the passin...

The Ministry of Health reported some positive news with the recovery of 24 patients diagnosed with Covid-19 in Costa Rica. The total number of Covid-19 positive patients is of 483 only 16 more than the day before. In total there are 237 women and 246 men diagnosed with the illness, 34 are foreign citizens. 25 people remain hospitalized out of which 14 are in intensive care with ages ranging ...

The Ministry of Health and Social Security Service (CCSS) created the guidelines to follow in the handling of bodies of patients that have passed away and have been confirmed positive for Covid-19. Even though there are no conclusive studies to determine the real risk of transmission of a dead body, the bodies of patients that have passed away for Covid-19 could constitute a biological risk an...