Dominican Republic – Coronavirus Covid-19: Bulletin #117/13 July 2020

[Dolores]

According to Coronavirus Bulletin #117 of the Ministry of Public Health’s Department of Epidemiology, the Dominican Republic has 46,305 confirmed cases, including 799 new cases. The number of PCR tests reported for the bulletin is 2,101.

The tally of deaths is now 910, including 7 new registered deaths. The daily average number of deaths for the past 14 days is down to 11.6.

As of Bulletin #117, 3,451 patients are hospitalized. Of these, 238 patients are in intensive care units. Covid-19 hospitalization capacity is stretched, and the government says more units will be available at public hospitals to meet the new demand.

The fatality rate, the number of reported deaths per number of confirmed cases, continues to decline with the increase in testing. It is now at 1.97% per million inhabitants. The positivity rate over the past four weeks has risen to 26.81%...

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[Lindastasi]

Acording to WHO, countries are supposed to reopen ONLY when the positivity rate is down to 5%. The Dominican Republic has a positivity rate of 26.81%, which is an astounding 21.81% ABOVE the safe percentage for reopening. Is ANYONE in government doing the math? Or is the math only calculated by the economy NOT by human life, health, suffering, and death? Now YOU do the math.

 

[scot_tosh]

Acording to WHO, countries are supposed to reopen ONLY when the positivity rate is down to 5%. The Dominican Republic has a positivity rate of 26.81%, which is an astounding 21.81% ABOVE the safe percentage for reopening. Is ANYONE in government doing the math? Or is the math only calculated by the economy NOT by human life, health, suffering, and death? Now YOU do the math.

Incompetence.........lot's of countries following the same path ecconomy first citizens health suffering and death last. The politicians need sacking

 

[CaribeDigital]

Acording to WHO, countries are supposed to reopen ONLY when the positivity rate is down to 5%. The Dominican Republic has a positivity rate of 26.81%, which is an astounding 21.81% ABOVE the safe percentage for reopening. Is ANYONE in government doing the math? Or is the math only calculated by the economy NOT by human life, health, suffering, and death? Now YOU do the math.

Yes, they are doing the math: my salary, my wife's salary, my aunt's salary, official jipeta, expense account = democratic government. This country has never had a shortage of labor: why bother about human life?