According to Coronavirus Bulletin #70 of the Ministry of Public Health’s Department of Epidemiology, the Dominican Republic has 16,068 confirmed cases, 345 new confirmed cases and 485 deaths, including 11 new deaths. 2,173 patients are hospitalized, including 58 less cases than the previous day. 111 patients are in intensive care units. The results are from 74,612 PCR diagnostic tests.
Previous bulletin results have been:
Bulletin #69: 15,723 confirmed cases, 459 new cases, 474 deaths, 73,121 PCR tests
Bulletin #68: 15,264 confirmed cases, 191 new cases, 468 deaths, 70,972 PCR tests
Bulletin #67: 15,073 confirmed cases, 272 new cases, 460 deaths, 69,608 PCR tests
Bulletin #66: 14,801 confirmed cases, 379 new cases, 458 deaths, 67,940 PCR tests
Bulletin #65: 14,422 confirmed cases, 433 new cases, 458 deaths, 65,355 PCR tests
Bulletin #64: 13,989 confirmed cases, 332 new cases, 456 deaths, 63,519 PCR tests
Bulletin #63: 13,657 confirmed tests, 180 new cases, 448 deaths, 61,330 PCR tests
Bulletin #62: 13,477 confirmed tests, 254 new cases, 446 deaths, 59,976 PCR tests
Bulletin #61: 13,223 confirmed tests, 498 new cases, 441 deaths, 58,357 PCR tests
Bulletin #60: 12,725 confirmed tests, 411 new cases, 434 deaths, 55,469 PCR tests
Bulletin #59: 12,314 confirmed tests, 204 new cases, 428 deaths, 53,280 PCR tests.
Bulletin #58: 12,110 confirmed tests, 371 new cases, 428 deaths, 52,359 PCR tests.
Bulletin #57: 11,739 confirmed tests, 419 new cases, 424 deaths, 50,108 PCR tests.
Bulletin #56: 11,320 confirmed tests, 124 new cases, 422 deaths, 47117 PCR tests.
The quantity of PCR tests stats for the previous 14 reported days are: 1,491 (Bulletin #69), 2,149 (Bulletin #68), 1,364 (Bulletin #67), 1,668 (Bulletin #66), 1,836 (Bulletin #65), 2,189 (Bulletin #64), 1,354 (Bulletin#63), 1,619 (Bulletin #62), 2,888 (Bulletin #61), 2,189 (Bulletin #60), 921 (Bulletin #59), 2,251 (Bulletin #58), 2,991 (Bulletin #57), 657 (Bulletin #56), 1,792 (Bulletin #55). The Pan American Health Organization says that the country needs to continue to show consistency in testing before further easing activity restrictions.
The statistical reports do 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 Wednesday, 27 May 2020 at 6pm, the most confirmed cases continue to be reported in the National District and Santo Domingo Province (around 50%), Santiago, La Vega, Duarte, San Cristobal, Espaillat, La Romana, Puerto Plata, Sánchez Ramírez, Hermanas Mirabal and La Altagracia. All other provinces report 200 or less cases.
The largest increases in new confirmed cases were reported for the Santo Domingo Province (83), National District (59), Barahona (41), San Cristóbal (39), La Altagracia (22), Santiago (19), Azua (11), La Vega (8), Duarte (3), La Romana (3), Puerto Plata (2), Samaná (2), San José de Ocoa (2). The Ministry of Public Health reports 1 or less confirmed cases in 19 of 31 provinces and the National District. Greater Santo Domingo (National District and Santo Domingo Province) has around 50% of all cases nationwide.
According to Bulletin #70, the evolution of the health crisis nationwide is:
Santo Domingo province: 4,148 cases, 114 new cases, 82 deaths, including 4 new deaths
National District: 4,135 cases, 88 new cases, 74 deaths, 2 new deaths
Santiago: 1,416 cases, 7 new cases, 73 deaths, 2 new deaths
San Cristóbal: 910 cases, 51 new cases, 21 deaths, 1 new death
La Vega: 887 cases, 8 new cases, 28 deaths, 1 new death
Duarte (San Francisco de Macorís): 781 cases, 3 new cases, 84 deaths
Espaillat (Moca, Gaspar Hernández): 549 cases, 16 new cases, 8 deaths
La Romana: 469 cases, 12 new cases, 10 deaths
Puerto Plata: 349 cases, 2 new cases, 23 deaths, including 1 new death
La Altagracia (Higuey, Verón, Punta Cana): 340 cases, 31 new cases, 2 deaths
Monseñor Nouel (Bonao): 336 cases, 4 new cases, 4 deaths
Sánchez Ramírez (Cotuí): 251 cases, 1 new case, 8 deaths
Hermanas Mirabal / Salcedo: 238 cases, 15 deaths
Azua: 203 cases, 2 deaths
Barahona: 143 cases, 5 new cases, 1 death
San Pedro de Macorís: 130 cases, 1 new case, 13 deaths
María Trinidad Sánchez / Nagua: 130 cases, 4 deaths
San Juan de la Maguana: 119 cases, two new cases, 6 deaths
Peravia: 107 cases, 3 deaths
Valverde: 88 cases, 6 deaths
Santiago Rodríguez: 49 cases, 4 deaths
Monte Plata: 37 cases, 6 deaths
Montecristi: 32 cases, 1 death
Samaná: 31 cases, 1 death
San José de Ocoa: 22 cases, 2 deaths
El Seibo: 19 cases, 1 new case
Hato Mayor: 14 cases, 2 deaths
Baoruco: 8 cases, 1 death
Elías Piña: 8 cases
Dajabón: 7 cases
Pedernales: 6 cases
Independencia: 5 cases, 1 death
Haiti reports 1,320 confirmed cases and 34 deaths as of 26 May 2020.
In the Americas, the Dominican Republic is ranked 9th in confirmed cases after the United States, Brazil, Peru, Canada, Mexico, Chile, Ecuador and Colombia.
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Read more statistical analysis at:
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University of Oxford Covid Tracker
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28 May 2020