According to Coronavirus Bulletin #55 of the Ministry of Public Health’s Department of Epidemiology, the Dominican Republic has 11,196 confirmed cases, 296 new confirmed cases and 409 deaths, including seven new deaths. There are 131 patients hospitalized in intensive care uni
Bulletin #55 carries statistics as of Tuesday, 12 May 2020 at 6pm. The tally includes the results from 47,117 PCR diagnostic tests. This is an additional 1,792 for the day, up from 1,038 on 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 Tuesday, 12 May 2020 at 6pm, the most confirmed 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, Hermanas Mirabal and Sánchez Ramírez (Cotuí), all with 200 or more cases.
The largest increases in confirmed cases were reported for Santo Domingo province (109), the National District (112), San Cristóbal (28), Santiago (12), La Romana (7), Monseñor Nouel / Bonao (5), Sánchez Ramírez / Cotuí (4), La Altagracia (3), Peravia (3), Puerto Plata (2), Azua (2) and Duarte (2). There was only 1 or no confirmed cases in the remaining 20 provinces.
According to Bulletin #55, the evolution of the health crisis nationwide is:
National District: 2,853 cases, 112 new cases, 56 deaths
Santo Domingo province: 2,412 cases, 109 new cases, 64 deaths, including 1 new death
Santiago: 1,184 cases, 12 new cases, 64 deaths
La Vega: 751 cases, 1 new case, 22 deaths
Duarte (San Francisco de Macorís): 739 cases, 2 cases, 79 deaths
San Cristóbal: 521 cases, 28 new cases, 17 deaths
Espaillat (Moca, Gaspar Hernández): 431 cases, 1 new case, 8 deaths
Puerto Plata: 297 cases, 2 new cases, 18 deaths
Monseñor Nouel (Bonao): 275 cases, 5 new cases, 4 deaths
La Romana: 271 cases, 7 new cases, 7 deaths
Hermanas Mirabal / Salcedo: 228 cases, 1 new case, 15 deaths, 1 new death
Sánchez Ramírez (Cotuí): 224 cases, 4 new cases, 6 deaths
La Altagracia (Higuey, Verón, Punta Cana): 173 cases, 3 new case, 2 deaths
Azua: 121 cases, 2 new cases, 2 deaths
María Trinidad Sánchez / Nagua: 113 cases, 4 deaths
San Pedro de Macorís: 96 cases, 1 new case, 12 deaths
San Juan de la Maguana: 89 cases, 1 new case, 4 deaths, including 1 new death
Peravia: 84 cases, 3 new cases, 3 deaths, 1 new death
Barahona: 70 cases, 1 new case, 1 death
Valverde: 66 cases, 4 deaths
Santiago Rodríguez: 42 cases, 1 death
Monte Plata: 28 cases, 6 deaths
Samaná: 28 cases, 1 death
Montecristi: 28 cases, 1 new case
San José de Ocoa: 17 cases, 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 219 confirmed cases and 18 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.
Read more in Spanish:
Ministry of Public Health
Read more statistical analysis at:
John Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center
Health Data
University of Oxford
14 May 2020