According to Coronavirus Bulletin #140 of the Ministry of Public Health’s Department of Epidemiology, the Dominican Republic has 76,536 confirmed cases, including 876 new cases.
The number of confirmed cases depends on the completing of PCR tests. In the Dominican Republic, even the well off have to wait to get tested or get their test results. For a shot at a free PCR test, people queue for hours at the Laboratorio Nacional Dr. Defilló in Santo Domingo and then have to wait for more than 10 days for results.
The average testing over the past 14 days is 3,945 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: 3,491 (Bulletin #140), 4,734 (Bulletin #139), 5,172 (Bulletin #138), 1,685 (Bulletin #137), 2,558 (Bulletin #136), 4,115 (Bulletin #135), 4,815 (Bulletin #134), 4,932 (Bulletin #133), 3,471 (Bulletin #132), 2,310 (Bulletin #131), 3,867 (Bulletin #130), 5,487 (Bulletin #129), 4,635 (Bulletin #128), 3,961 (Bulletin #127).
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 1,246, including 24 new registered deaths, since the first Covid-19 case was declared in the DR on 1 March 2020. The daily average number of deaths for the past 14 days has been gradually rising and is now at 17.14, a new high. The rising number of deaths reflects that more people are late in receiving hospital care. Most people avoid going to the congested hospitals until their cases are advanced.
As of Bulletin #140, 6,551 patients are hospitalized, a new record. Of these, 317 patients are in intensive care units, another new record. Covid-19 hospitalization capacity was recently increased, but the demand is likewise increasing with the recent spikes in infections throughout the country.
The fatality rate, the number of reported deaths per number of confirmed cases is at 1.63% per million inhabitants. The positivity rate over the past four weeks has continued to increase and is now at 34.8% that 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 #140: 76,536 confirmed cases, 876 new cases, 6,551 hospitalized, 1,246 deaths, 24 new reported deaths
Bulletin #139: 75,660 confirmed cases, 1,365 new cases, 6,506 hospitalized, 1,222 deaths, 9 new reported deaths
Bulletin #138: 74,295 confirmed cases, 1,178 new cases, 6,157 hospitalized, 1,213 deaths, 30 new reported deaths
Bulletin #137: 73,117 confirmed cases, 874 new cases, 6,262 hospitalized, 1,183 deaths, 5 new reported deaths
Bulletin #136: 72,243 confirmed cases, 828 new cases, 6,053 hospitalized, 1,178 deaths, 8 new reported deaths
Bulletin #135: 71,415 confirmed cases, 1,766 new cases, 5,871 hospitalized, 1,170 deaths, 10 new reported deaths
Bulletin #134: 69,649 confirmed cases, 1,734 new cases, 5,395 hospitalized, 1,160 deaths, 14 new reported deaths
Bulletin #133: 67,915 confirmed cases, 1,733 new cases, 4,991 hospitalized, 1,146 deaths, 23 new reported deaths
Bulletin #132: 66,182 confirmed cases, 1,492 new cases, 4,600 hospitalized, 1,123 deaths, 22 new reported deaths
Bulletin #131: 64,690 confirmed cases, 534 new cases, 4,192 hospitalized, 1,101 deaths, 18 new reported deaths
Bulletin #130: 64,156 confirmed cases, 1,248 new cases, 4,207 hospitalized, 1,083 deaths, 20 new reported deaths
Bulletin #129: 62,908 confirmed cases, 2,012 new cases, 4,169 hospitalized, 1063 deaths, 8 new reported deaths
Bulletin #128: 60,896 confirmed cases, 1,819 new cases, 3,864 hospitalized, 1,055 deaths, 19 new reported deaths
Bulletin #127: 59,077 confirmed cases, 1,462 new cases, 3,502 hospitalized, 1,036 deaths, 30 new reported deaths
As of Wednesday, 5 August 2020 at 4pm, the deadline for Bulletin #140, the most confirmed cases were located in urban areas where most of the tests are carried out. The National District (21,898) and the Santo Domingo province (17,354) have 51.28% of cases or 39,252 of 76,536 confirmed cases nationwide.
Other provinces with large number of confirmed cases are: Santiago (7,296), San Cristobal (3,071), La Altagracia (2,702), La Vega (2,602), La Romana (1,716), Duarte (1,638), Azua (1,442), Espaillat (1,349), Puerto Plata (1,236), Barahona (1,128), Sánchez Ramírez (1,081), San Juan de la Maguana (1,075), San Pedro de Macoris (1,047), Maria Trinidad Sanchez (894), Monseñor Nouel (811), Peravia (754) and are the other provinces that have 500 or more accumulated cases. The National District and these 20 provinces of 32 make up more than 90% of the confirmed cases nationwide.
Where and how much testing determines the reported new cases. Outbreaks may take days to be reported in the official bulletin. The most recent outbreaks is reported in Pedernales. The most new cases or recently allocated cases reported for the 5 August update deadline are: the National District (287), Santo Domingo province (143), Pedernales (100), Santiago (68), La Altagracia (47), Baoruco (39), Sánchez Ramírez (34), La Vega (32), San Pedro de Macorís (20), Duarte (13), María Trinidad Sánchez (11) and Monte Plata (10). The Ministry of Public Health reports nine or fewer confirmed cases in 14 other provinces.
Haiti reports 7,544 confirmed cases and 171 deaths, as of 5 August 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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University of Oxford Covid Tracker
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6 August 2020