DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

The Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department Coronavirus Bulletin #454 reports 1,442 new PCR cases for the Tuesday, 15 June 2021 deadline. There is a spike of Covid-19 cases attributed to the entry of the more transmissible variants of the original coronavirus and the increased mixing of young people.

As has been happening since the start of the pandemic, Greater Santo Domingo concentrates the most new registered cases. The cases compare to the 7-day nationwide average for PCR confirmed cases that is 1,058, up from the previous day.

As per Bulletin #454, with the deadline of 15 June 2021, the Ministry of Public Health has registered 310,391 confirmed cases since the first case on 1 March 2020. Labs carried out 5,392 first-time PCR tests. This number of PCR tests compares with the 14-day average now at 5,375, down from the previous day.

The national 4-week...