covid-19 pandemic in åland covid-19 pandemic in åland the covid-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached åland, an autonomous region of finland, in march 2020. covid-19 pandemic in the åland islandsmap of the covid-19 outbreak in åland islands by municipalities as of 5 march 2022. 1000–9,999 confirmed cases 100–999 confirmed cases 10–99 confirmed cases 1–9 confirmed casesdiseasecovid-19virus strainsars-cov-2locationåland (finland)arrival date22 march 2020(3 years, 1 month and 3 weeks)confirmed cases5,721deaths9test positivity rate4.9%government websitehttps://www.alandstidningen.ax/ background on 12 january 2020, the world health organization (who) confirmed that a novel coronavirus was the cause of a respiratory illness in a cluster of people in wuhan city, hubei province, china, which was reported to the who on 31 december 2019. the case fatality ratio for covid-19 has been much lower than sars of 2003, but the transmission has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll. timeline on 22 march 2020, the first case in the åland islands was confirmed. on 13 april 2020, the islands reached a total of 10 cases. cases by municipalities municipality cases brändö 64 eckerö 111 finström 363 föglö 100 geta 80 hammarland 274 jomala 1,108 kökar 11 kumlinge 36 lemland 478 lumparland 56 mariehamn 2,566 saltvik 266 sottunga 6 sund 165 vårdö 37 total 5,721 last update 5 march 2022