not. june 2020 on 8 june, a second death was reported. a 92-year-old man died at the andrée-rosemon hospital. on 11 june, 126 new cases of covid-19 were discovered. the virus had spread over the country, with most infections in cayenne. on 21 june, 278 new cases were reported of covid-19, 218 cases of which were in cayenne. july 2020 on 5 july, it was announced that prefect patrice latron had been appointed as the new crisis director in french guiana. latron would be in permanent contact with crisis center in paris, together with the current prefect and the director general of ars to manage the regional management team. additional health care workers would also be sent to the territory. on 9 july, the number of infections was 5,558 which implied that almost 2% of the population had been infected with covid-19. as of 9 july, french guiana was now third based on relative number of infections after qatar (102,110 out of 2,688,235) and san marino (698 out of 33,745). preventive measures all borders, airports, ports and space ports are closed to passengers. guiana space center would reopen on 11 may. all schools have been closed. schools will not reopen on 11 may. a curfew had been instituted in cayenne from 20:00. and 21:00 elsewhere. from 11 may onward, the curfew was changed from 23:00 to 05:00 except in saint-georges de l'oyapock which would remain confined. as of 28 may, the curfew was suspended in 12 out of the 22 municipalities. everybody should stay at home except for essential journeys. certificates are needed for exceptions. from 11 may onward, this had been revoked except for saint-georges de l'oyapock. all non-essential businesses must close. on 11 may, businesses could reopen. on 11 may, de-confinement would start, businesses will reopen, masks would be mandatory, and beaches will reopen. restaurants and bars would not be allowed to reopen. there would be a mandatory 14 day quarantine for people entering the territory. crisis management andrée rosemon hospital in cayenne french guiana is an overseas department and region of the french republic and the state is represented by a prefect. one of the tasks of the prefect is to manage major crises. marc del grande is the current prefect and therefore in charge of the management of the covid-19 pandemic. on 5 july, prefect patrice latron was appointed as the new crisis director in french guiana, and work with del grande and the director general of ars as the crisis management team. testing for covid-19 is being performed by the pasteur institute in cayenne on weekdays, and in the laboratories of the andrée-rosemon hospital in cayenne, and the centre hospitalier in kourou in the weekend. mirdad kazanji, director of the pasteur institute, explained that to ensure the quality of the testing, both negative and positive samples have been sent to and received from the central laboratory in paramaribo, suriname. research on 23 march, the pasteur institute of french guiana has initiated epi-covid-19, which is a study into the transmission of the coronavirus within the household. three hundred contacts which are part of a family which has a diagnosed patient are monitored clinically, virologically and serologically. the study is funded by the agence nationale de la recherche, pasteur institute, and ars guyane. situation report situation report date 7 may 2020 2 july 2020 10 september 2020 tests samples analysed 2,445 5,200 3,417 origin imported 45 (33%) community transmission 93 (67%) age <15 20 4 3 15-44 75 42 20 45-64 32 36 37 65-74 4 20 26 ≥75 2 17 15 clusters number of clusters 17 3 average size 6.3 average days between symptoms first and second case 5.9 family clusters 8 community clusters 9 contact tracing number of subjects 1,241 average number of contacts per case 8.7 number of confirmed cases among contacts 35 (28%) source: ars guyane spécial covid-19 2020-05-07 statistics chronology of the number of active cases note: no recovery data after 19 october 2020