Costa Rica reported just 4 new cases today and 17 recoveries. Which means like all of the last 21 days the number of active cases has decreased. The government has extended the border closure until June 15. Only citizens and legal residents may enter the country until at least that date. The first case in a resident of the canton of Talamanca has been diagnosed. The case showed up in the daily statistics per canton released by the ministry of health on May 5. However local sources are reporting that the case assigned to Talamanca was a Nicaraguan truck driver who was identified while in Talamanca while crossing from Panama.

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