According to Coronavirus Bulletin #47 of the Public Health Ministry’s Department of Epidemiology, the Dominican Republic has 8,480 confirmed cases, 245 new confirmed cases and 354 deaths. There are 1,558 patients hospitalized, including 126 in intensive care units.
Bulletin #47 carries statistics up to Monday, 4 May 2020 at 6pm. The tally includes only the results from 34,336 PCR diagnostic tests. The results from rapid response blood antibody tests are not included in the statistical report, nor those diagnosed by tomography or other ways. The Dominican Republic has a population of more than 10 million people.
As of Monday, 4 May 2020 at 6pm, the most confirmed PCR cases continue to be reported in the National District and Santo Domingo Province (Greater Santo Domingo), Santiago, Duarte (San Francisco de Macorís), La Vega, Puerto Plata, Espaillat (Moca), San Cristóbal, Monseñor Nouel (Bonao) and Sánchez Ramírez (Cotuí).
The largest increase in confirmed cases were reported for the National District (32), Santo Domingo province (48), San Cristóbal (31), Espaillat / Moca (28), Santiago (27), Valverde (17), Puerto Plata (11), Montecristi (9), La Vega (7), Santiago Rodríguez (5), Azua (4), Duarte (4), Barahona (4), La Romana (7), Sánchez Ramírez / Cotuí (3), La Altagracia / Higuey, Veron and Punta Cana (3), Hermanas Mirabal / Salcedo (2) and San Pedro de Macorís (2). In the other 15 provinces, 1 or no new cases are reported.
According to Bulletin #47, the evolution of the health crisis nationwide is:
National District: 2,036 cases, 32 new cases, 47 deaths
Santo Domingo province: 1,740 cases, 48 new cases, 55 deaths
Santiago: 971 cases, 27 new cases, 58 deaths, 4 deaths
Duarte (San Francisco de Macorís): 650 cases, 4 new cases, 76 deaths
La Vega: 565 cases, 7 new cases, 19 deaths
San Cristóbal: 314 cases, 31 new cases, 11 deaths
Espaillat (Moca, Gaspar Hernández): 310 cases, 28 new cases, 8 deaths, 1 death
Puerto Plata: 256 cases, 11 new cases, 18 deaths, 1 new death
Monseñor Nouel (Bonao): 218 cases, 1 new case, 4 deaths
Hermanas Mirabal / Salcedo: 204 cases, 2 new cases, 13 deaths
Sánchez Ramírez (Cotuí): 197 cases, 6 new cases, 6 deaths
La Romana: 190 cases, 4 new cases, 2 deaths
La Altagracia (Higuey, Verón, Punta Cana): 132 cases, 3 new cases, 1 death
María Trinidad Sánchez / Nagua: 104 cases, 4 deaths
Azua: 86 cases, 4 new cases, 2 deaths
San Juan de la Maguana: 81 cases, 1 new case, 3 deaths
San Pedro de Macorís: 81 cases, 2 new cases, 9 deaths
Peravia: 62 cases, 1 new case, 1 death
Valverde: 55 cases, 17 new cases, 4 deaths
Barahona: 45 cases, 4 new cases, 1 death
Santiago Rodríguez: 38 cases, 5 new cases, 1 death
Montecristi: 27 cases, 9 new cases
Samaná: 25 cases, 1 death
Monte Plata: 22 cases, 6 deaths
San José de Ocoa: 14 cases, 2 deaths
Hato Mayor: 13 cases, 2 deaths
El Seibo: 10 cases
Baoruco: 5 cases
Dajabón: 5 cases
Elías Piña: 5 cases
Pedernales: 4 cases, 1 new case
Independencia: 1 case
Haiti reports 100 confirmed cases and 11 deaths as of 4 May 2020.
In the Americas, the Dominican Republic is ranked 9th in number of confirmed cases after the United States, Brazil, Canada, Peru, Ecuador, Mexico, Chile and Colombia.
See the epidemiological bulletins at:
Ministry of Public Health
John Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center
6 May 2020