The spread of Covid-19 in the Dominican Republic has been slowly rising in urban areas in the Dominican Republic. A government team carried out on Thursday, 9 July, some 400 rapid serum tests in Los Guaricanos, an area known to be a hotspot in northern Santo Domingo. The Ministry of Public Health and other Covid-19 specialists are recommending reverting to more restrictive mobility measures.
After the economy’s opening on 20 May 2020, there has been a gradual increase in the pace of new cases. The intense interaction of pre and post presidential election days is said to have caused a faster spread of the disease. Provinces, where there had been little Covid-19, reported outbreaks in May and June, as politicians feverishly campaigned in the final weeks leading to the 5 July presidential and congressional election on 5 July 2020.
According to Coronavirus Bulletin #112 of the Ministry of Public Health’s Department of Epidemiology, the Dominican Republic has 40,790 confirmed cases, including a record high of 1,202 new confirmed cases from 178,838 PCR diagnostic tests. The number of PCR tests reported for the bulletin is a record high of 4,087.
The tally of deaths is now 842, including 13 new registered deaths. The daily average number of deaths for the past 14 days is 10.28.
As of Bulletin #112, 4,063 patients are hospitalized. Of these, 217 patients are in intensive care units. Covid-19 hospitalization capacity is reaching a peak, and the government says more units need to be habilitated to meet the new demand.
The fatality rate, the number of reported deaths per number of confirmed cases, continues to decline with the increase in testing. It is now at 2.06% per million inhabitants. Positivity rate over the past four weeks has increased to 24.71%, considered high.
Previous bulletin results have been:
Bulletin #111: 39,588 confirmed cases, 1,158 new cases, 829 deaths, 8 new reported deaths
Bulletin #110: 38,430 confirmed cases, 302 new cases, 821 deaths, 17 new reported deaths
Bulletin #109: 38,128 confirmed cases, 703 new cases, 804 deaths, 10 new reported deaths
Bulletin #108: 37,425 confirmed cases, 1,241 new cases, 794 deaths, 8 new reported deaths
Bulletin #107: 36,184 confirmed cases, 1,036 new cases, 786 deaths, 11 new reported deaths
Bulletin #106: 35,148 confirmed cases, 951 new cases, 775 deaths, 10 new reported deaths
Bulletin #105: 34,197 confirmed cases, 810 new cases, 765 deaths, 11 new reported deaths
Bulletin #104: 33,387 confirmed cases, 819 cases, 754 deaths, 7 new reported deaths
Bulletin #103: 32,568 confirmed cases, 752 new cases, 747 deaths, 14 new reported deaths
Bulletin #102: 31,816 confirmed cases, 443 new cases, 733 deaths, new reported deaths 7
Bulletin #101: 31,373 confirmed cases, 754 new cases, 726 deaths, new reported deaths 8
Bulletin #100: 30,619 confirmed cases, 855 new cases, 718 deaths, new reported deaths 6
Bulletin #99: 29,764 confirmed cases, 623 new cases, 712 deaths, new reported deaths 14
Bulletin #98: 29,141 confirmed cases, 510 new cases, 698 deaths, new reported deaths 7
Bulletin #97: 28,631 confirmed cases, 695 new cases, 691 deaths, new reported deaths 16
Bulletin #96: 27,936 confirmed cases, 566 new cases, 675 deaths, 130,745 PCR tests, new reported deaths 6
Bulletin #95: 27,370 confirmed cases, 693 new cases, 669 deaths, 128,775 PCR tests, new reported deaths 7
Bulletin #94: 26,677 confirmed cases, 899 new cases, 662 deaths, 125,868 PCR tests, new reported deaths 7
Bulletin #93: 25,778 confirmed cases, 710 new cases, 655 deaths, 122,646 PCR tests, new reported deaths 8
Bulletin #92: 25,068 confirmed cases, 423 new cases, 647 deaths, 119,319 PCR tests, new reported deaths 12
Bulletin #91: 24,645 confirmed cases, 540 new cases, 635 deaths, 117,119 PCR tests, new reported deaths 2
Bulletin #90: 24,105 confirmed cases, 419 new cases, 633 deaths, 114,535 PCR tests, new reported deaths 18
Bulletin #89: 23,686 confirmed cases, 415 new cases, 615 deaths, 112,603 PCR tests, new reported deaths 10
The average testing over the past 14 days has dropped to 3,062 PCR tests. The numbers of diagnostic tests carried out over the past 14 days [the difference between the PCR tests reported in the past bulletin] are: 4,087 (Bulletin #112), 3,654 (Bulletin #111), 1,098 (Bulletin #110) 2,627 (Bulletin #109), 3,645 (Bulletin #108), 3,186 (Bulletin #107), 3,496 (Bulletin #106), 2,916 (Bulletin #105), 3,210 (Bulletin #104), 2,711 (Bulletin #103), 2,148 (Bulletin #102), 3,720 (Bulletin #101), 3,642 (Bulletin #100), 2,729 (Bulletin #99).
The statistical reports do not include 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, 8 July 2020 at 4pm, the most confirmed cases continue to be reported in urban areas where most of the tests are carried out. Santo Domingo province (11,648) and the National District (11,233) have 57% of cases or 22,881. Santiago (3,104), San Cristobal (2,197), La Vega (1,527), La Altagracia (1,056), La Romana (1,004), Duarte (974), Espaillat (920), Azua (783), Barahona (652), and Puerto Plata (628) are other provinces that have 500 or more accumulated cases.
The most new cases or recently allocated cases are reported for the 5 July deadline are: the National District (426), Santo Domingo province (302), Espaillat (82), Sánchez Ramírez (43), Santiago (38), La Vega (36), La Altagracia (36), San Cristóbal (31), Azua (27), San Pedro de Macoris (26), Duarte (16), La Romana (15) and Puerto Plata (12). The Ministry of Public Health reports 10 or less confirmed cases in 18 other provinces.
The number of recorded cases is dependent on the availability of PCR tests that continue to be scarce, especially in the provinces where test waiting lists are long.
Haiti reports 6,486 confirmed cases and 123 deaths, as of 7 July 2020.
In the Americas, the Dominican Republic is now ranked 12th in confirmed cases after the United States, Brazil, Peru, Canada, Mexico, Chile, Ecuador, Colombia, Argentina, Panama and Bolivia.
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10 July 2020