According to Coronavirus Bulletin #25, the Dominican Republic has 3,167 confirmed cases, 200 new cases and 177 deaths. Santiago leads with the most new cases from the previous Sunday. Some 10,075 PCR diagnostic tests are accounted for in the official statistical bulletin that covers up to 12 April 2020 at 6pm.
The most confirmed PCR cases are in the National District and Santo Domingo Province (Greater Santo Domingo), Santiago, Duarte and La Vega and Puerto Plata.
As of 12 April at 6pm, the largest increase in cases were reported for Santiago (40), Santo Domingo province (34), the National District (27), Duarte (27), Puerto Plata (14), La Romana (9), La Vega (8), Espaillat /Moca (5), La Altagracia (5), San Cristóbal (5), Hermanas Mirabal / Salcedo (5) and Peravia (4) of the 31 provinces and the National District.
The government has announced it has stepped up testing with the arrival of donations of rapid response blood tests.
According to Bulletin #25 of the Ministry’s Epidemiology Department, the evolution of the health crisis nationwide is:
National District: 948 cases, 27 new cases, 21 deaths
Santo Domingo province: 546 cases, 34 new cases, 29 deaths, including 1 new death
Santiago: 403 cases, 40 new cases, 14 deaths
Duarte (San Francisco de Macorís): 300 cases, 27 new cases, 57 deaths
La Vega: 200 cases, 8 new cases, 6 deaths
Puerto Plata: 87 cases, 14 new cases, 8 deaths
Monseñor Nouel (Bonao): 79 cases, 1 new case, 3 deaths
Espaillat (Moca, Gaspar Hernández): 72 cases, 5 new cases, 3 deaths
La Altagracia (Higuey, Veron, Punta Cana): 69 cases, 5 new cases, 1 death
San Cristóbal: 66 cases, 5 new cases, 2 deaths
La Romana: 60 cases, 9 new cases, 1 death
Sánchez Ramírez (Cotuí): 58 cases, 3 new cases, 5 deaths
Hermanas Mirabal / Salcedo: 55 cases, 5 new cases, 9 deaths
San Pedro de Macorís: 38 cases, 7 deaths
María Trinidad Sánchez / Nagua: 38 cases, 2 new case, 1 death
San Juan de la Maguana: 20 cases, 3 deaths
Peravia: 25 cases, 4 new cases, 1 death
Valverde: 18 cases, 1 new case
Barahona: 15 cases
Samaná: 15 cases, 1 death
Azua: 15 cases, 3 new cases, 1 death
Montecristi: 9 cases, 3 new cases
Santiago Rodríguez: 8 cases
Hato Mayor: 8 cases, 1 new case, 1 death
Monte Plata: 5 cases, 2 deaths
Pedernales: 3 cases
El Seibo: 3 cases
Dajabón: 1 case
Independencia: 1 case
Baoruco: 1 case
San José de Ocoa: 1 case, 1 death
Elías Piña remains the only province with no reported cases of Covid-19 as of 12 April 2020 at 6pm, as reported in Bulletin #25.
Haiti reports 40 confirmed cases and 3 deaths as of 12 April 2020.
New York City reports 6,898 deaths
Public Health Minister Dr. Rafael Sánchez Cárdenas said the increase in deaths is because statistics were updated after it was verified that probable coronavirus deaths should be tallied as such.
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Ministry of Public Health press conference
Coronavirus Bulletin #25
14 April 2020