The 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Puerto Rico is an ongoing viral pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a novel infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first cases of COVID-19 in Puerto Rico during the 2019–20 worldwide pandemic were reported on March 13: 2 Italian tourists and a 71-year-old cancer patient.[1][2] The first death recorded was the 68-year-old Italian woman, and a few days later her husband was reported to have recovered from the virus.