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{{Infobox pandemic
| name            = COVID-19 pandemic in Iceland
| map1            = COVID-19_Cases_in_Iceland_per_capita.svg
| legend1         = Map of the pandemic in Iceland, number of cases per 1000 inhabitants.
| map2            = COVID-19 Outbreak Cases in Iceland.svg
| legend2         = Map of the pandemic in Iceland, absolute number of cases. 
| map3            = 
| legend3         = 
| disease         = [[COVID-19]]
| virus_strain    = [[SARS-CoV-2]]
| location        = [[Iceland]]
| first_case      = [[Reykjavík]]
| arrival_date    = 28 February 2020<br/>({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|month1=02|day1=28|year1=2020|month2=|day2=|year2=}})
| origin          = [[Wuhan]], [[Hubei]], China
| recovery_cases  = 1,780<ref name="Covid.is">{{cite web |title=Tölulegar upplýsingar |url=https://www.covid.is/tolulegar-upplysingar |website=Covid.is |publisher=Landlæknir & ríkislögreglustjóri |language=is |access-date=28 April 2020 |archive-date=25 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325220219/https://www.covid.is/tolulegar-upplysingar |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| deaths          = 10<ref name="10deaths">{{cite web |title=COVID-19: One more fatality and two new cases |url=https://www.ruv.is/frett/2020/04/20/covid-19-one-more-fatality-and-two-new-cases |website=ruv.is  |date=20 April 2020 |access-date=20 April 2020}}</ref>
| confirmed_cases = 1,802<ref name="Covid.is"/>
| active_cases    = 12
| website         = [https://covid.is/ www.covid.is]
}}

The [[COVID-19 pandemic]] was confirmed to have reached [[Iceland]] in February 2020. 

==Cases==
{{as of|2020|05|12}}, the total number of cases registered is 1,802, of which 1,780 have recovered and 10 have died.<ref name="Covid.is" /><ref name="10deaths"/> With a total population of 366,130 (as of 31 March 2020<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2020/04/27/51_thusund_utlendingar_busettir_a_islandi/ | title=51 þúsund útlendingar búsettir á Íslandi | trans-title=51,000 foreigners living in Iceland | date=2020-04-27 | access-date=2020-04-28 | publisher=Morgunblaðið }}</ref>). The infection rate was 1 case per 203 people, one of the highest in the world. This is because more [[COVID-19 testing|tests]] had been carried out in Iceland than any other country.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://nordiclifescience.org/covid-19-first-results-of-the-voluntary-screening-in-iceland/ |title=COVID-19: First results of the voluntary screening in Iceland |date=23 March 2020 |website=Nordic Life Science—the leading Nordic life science news service |language=en-US|access-date=30 March 2020}}</ref>

On 8 April, as the cases surged over 1,600 and more recoveries than new infections were recorded for the second day in a row.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://grapevine.is/news/2020/04/08/iceland-reaches-covid-19-outbreak-peak/ |title=Iceland Reaches COVID-19 Outbreak Peak |website=grapevine.is|date=8 April 2020 }}</ref> The total number of patients hospitalized in the country since the outbreak was 112.<ref name="Hospital statistics">Accumulated total hospitalizations at the [https://www.landspitali.is/default.aspx?pageid=b629a8e0-b262-49e0-b842-0f776cb4241e National Hospital] and [https://www.sak.is/is/moya/page/covid-19-tolfraedi Akureyri Hospital] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516012429/https://www.landspitali.is/default.aspx?pageid=b629a8e0-b262-49e0-b842-0f776cb4241e |date=2020-05-16 }}.</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:2020s in Iceland]]
[[Category:COVID-19 pandemic by country|Iceland]]