According to Coronavirus Bulletin #54 of the Ministry of Public Health’s Department of Epidemiology, the Dominican Republic has 10,900 confirmed cases, 266 new confirmed cases and 402 deaths, including nine new deaths. There are 1,837 patients hospitalized, including 131 persons in intensive care units.
Bulletin #54 carries statistics as of Monday, 11 May 2020 at 6pm. The tally includes the results from 45,325 PCR diagnostic tests. This is an additional 1,038 tests, down from 1,672 for the previous day. The statistical report does not include results from rapid response blood antibody tests or patients diagnosed with tomography or other means. The Dominican Republic has a population of more than 10 million people.
As of Monday, 11 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, Duarte, San Cristóbal, Espaillat (Moca), Puerto Plata, Monseñor Nouel (Bonao) and La Romana and Sánchez Ramírez (Cotuí) and Hermanas Mirabal, all with 200 or more cases.
The largest increases in confirmed cases were reported for Santo Domingo province (31), the National District (120), Santiago (27), Espaillat / Moca (26), San Cristóbal (25), Monseñor Nouel / Bonao (8), Puerto Plata (5), La Vega (5), La Romana (5), La Altagracia (3), Peravia (3), Hermanas Mirabal (3) and San Pedro de Macorís (2). There was only 1 or no confirmed cases in the remaining 19 provinces.
According to Bulletin #54, the evolution of the health crisis nationwide is:
National District: 2,741 cases, 120 new cases, 56 deaths, including 1 new death
Santo Domingo province: 2,303 cases, 31 new cases, 63 deaths
Santiago: 1,172 cases, 27 new cases, 64 deaths, including 2 new deaths
La Vega: 750 cases, 5 new cases, 22 deaths
Duarte (San Francisco de Macorís): 737 cases, 79 deaths
San Cristóbal: 493 cases, 25 new cases, 17 deaths, including 3 new deaths
Espaillat (Moca, Gaspar Hernández): 430 cases, 26 new cases, 8 deaths
Puerto Plata: 295 cases, 5 new cases, 18 deaths
Monseñor Nouel (Bonao): 270 cases, 8 new cases, 4 deaths
La Romana: 264 cases, 5 new cases, 7 deaths
Hermanas Mirabal / Salcedo: 227 cases, 3 new cases, 14 deaths
Sánchez Ramírez (Cotuí): 220 cases, 1 new case, 6 deaths
La Altagracia (Higuey, Verón, Punta Cana): 170 cases, 3 new case, 2 deaths, including 1 new death
Azua: 119 cases, 2 deaths
María Trinidad Sánchez / Nagua: 113 cases, 4 deaths
San Pedro de Macorís: 95 cases, 2 new cases, 11 deaths
San Juan de la Maguana: 89 cases, 1 new case, 4 deaths, including 1 new death
Peravia: 81 cases, 3 new cases, 2 deaths
Barahona: 69 cases, 1 death
Valverde: 66 cases, 1 new case, 4 deaths
Santiago Rodríguez: 42 cases, 1 death
Monte Plata: 28 cases, 6 deaths
Samaná: 28 cases, 1 death
Montecristi: 27 cases
San José de Ocoa: 17 cases, 1 new case, 2 deaths
El Seibo: 14 cases
Hato Mayor: 13 cases, 2 deaths
Elías Piña: 7 cases
Baoruco: 6 cases, 1 new death
Dajabón: 6 cases
Pedernales: 5 cases
Independencia: 3 cases, 1 death
Haiti reports 209 confirmed cases and 16 deaths as of 10 May 2020.
In the Americas, the Dominican Republic is ranked 9th in confirmed cases after the United States, Brazil, Canada, Peru, Ecuador, Mexico, Chile and Colombia. In the Caribbean and Central America, the Dominican Republic has the most confirmed cases. The Dominican Republic has more than double the population of these countries.
See the epidemiological bulletins at:
John Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center
Ministry of Public Health
Ministry of Public Health press conference
13 May 2020