According to Coronavirus Bulletin #129 of the Ministry of Public Health’s Department of Epidemiology, the Dominican Republic has 62,908 confirmed cases, including 2,012 new cases, a new record. The number of tests reported for Bulletin #129 is also a new record, with 5,487. Bulletin #129 indicates that 43% of the reported cases are persons in the 20-39 years range.
The number of confirmed cases depends on the availability of PCR tests that continues to be very scarce, especially in the provinces. In the Dominican Republic, even the well off have to wait to get tested. For a shot at a free PCR test, people queue for hours at the Laboratorio Nacional Dr. Defilló in Santo Domingo.
The average testing over the past 14 days is 3,670 PCR tests. The numbers of diagnostic tests carried out over the past 14 days [the difference between the PCR tests reported since the past bulletin] are: 5,487 (Bulletin #129), 4,635 (Bulletin #128), 3,961 (Bulletin #127), 4,107 (Bulletin #126), 3,416 (Bulletin #125), 3,7602,345 (Bulletin #124), 3,396 (Bulletin #123), 3,833 (Bulletin #122), 3,814 (Bulletin #121), 3,769 (Bulletin #120), 3,173 (Bulletin #119), 4,095 (Bulletin #118), 2,101 (Bulletin #117), 2,969 (Bulletin #116), 3,538 (Bulletin #115), 3,590 (Bulletin #114).
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.
The tally of deaths is now 1,055, including 19 new registered deaths. The daily average number of deaths for the past 14 days is 11.85.
As of Bulletin #129, 4,169 patients are hospitalized, a new high. Of these, 277 patients are in intensive care units, another record. Covid-19 hospitalization capacity is stretched, and the government says more units will be available at public hospitals to meet the new demand. The most serious problem, though, is the skilled hospital staff, that having been working intensely since April 2020 is fatigued, and many health care providers have fallen ill with the disease.
The fatality rate, the number of reported deaths per number of confirmed cases is at 1.69% per million inhabitants. The positivity rate over the past four weeks has continued to increase and is now at a new high of 33.10%. The high positivity rate means the disease is spreading among people who do not know they have it. World experts advocate opening the economy when the positivity rate is at 5%.
The 14-day bulletin results are:
Bulletin #129: 62,908 confirmed cases, 2,012 new cases, 1063 deaths, 8 new reported deaths
Bulletin #128: 60,896 confirmed cases, 1,819 new cases, 1,055 deaths, 19 new reported deaths
Bulletin #127: 59,077 confirmed cases, 1,462 new cases, 1,036 deaths, 30 new reported deaths
Bulletin #126: 57,615 confirmed cases, 1,572 new cases, 1006 deaths, 1 new reported death
Bulletin #125: 56,043 confirmed cases, 1,246 new cases, 1,005 deaths, 6 new reported deaths
Bulletin #124: 54,797 confirmed cases, 841 new cases, 999 deaths, 6 new reported deaths
Bulletin #123: 53,956 confirmed cases, 1,101 new cases, 993 deaths, 12 new reported deaths
Bulletin #122: 52,855 confirmed cases, 1,336 new cases, 981 deaths, 10 new reported deaths
Bulletin #121: 51,519 confirmed cases, 1406 new cases, 971 deaths, 29 new reported deaths
Bulletin #120: 50,113 confirmed cases, 1,370 new cases, 942 deaths, 1 new reported death
Bulletin #119: 48,743 confirmed cases, 1,072 new cases, 941 deaths, 12 new reported deaths
Bulletin #118: 47,671 confirmed cases, 1,366 new cases, 929 deaths, 19 new reported deaths
Bulletin #117: 46,305 confirmed cases, 799 new cases, 910 deaths, 7 new reported deaths
Bulletin #116: 45,506 confirmed cases, 974 new cases, 903 deaths, 6 new reported deaths
As of Saturday, 25 July 2020 at 4pm, the deadline for Bulletin #129, the most confirmed cases were located in urban areas where most of the tests are carried out. The National District (18,547) and the Santo Domingo province (15,570) have 54.23% of cases or 34,117 of 62,908 confirmed cases nationwide.
Other provinces with large number of confirmed cases are: Santiago (5,451), San Cristobal (2,785), La Vega (2,175), La Altagracia (2,204), La Romana (1,514), Duarte (1,336), Espaillat (1,237), Azua (1,200), Barahona (946), San Juan de la Maguana (942), Puerto Plata (922), Sánchez Ramírez (845), San Pedro de Macoris (818), Monseñor Nouel (646), Peravia (535) and Maria Trinidad Sanchez (515) are the other provinces that have 500 or more accumulated cases. The National District and these 17 provinces of 32 make up 92.5% of the confirmed cases nationwide.
The most new cases or recently allocated cases are reported for the 25 July update deadline are: the National District (528), Santo Domingo province (317), Santiago (229), La Altagracia (213), Espaillat (158), La Vega (87), Azua (77), Duarte (35), San Pedro de Macoris (28), Peravia (26), Peravia (26), San Juan de la Maguana (25), Puerto Plata (24) La Romana (23), Sánchez Ramírez (22), San Cristóbal (21), María Trinidad Sánchez (19), and Monseñor Nouel (18) and Samaná (11). The Ministry of Public Health reports 9 or less confirmed cases in 14 other provinces.
Haiti reports 7,297 confirmed cases and 157 deaths, as of 24 July 2020.
In the Americas, the Dominican Republic is now ranked 11th in confirmed cases after the United States, Brazil, Peru, Canada, Mexico, Chile, Ecuador, Colombia, Argentina and Bolivia.
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26 July 2020