According to Coronavirus Bulletin #62 of the Ministry of Public Health’s Department of Epidemiology, the Dominican Republic has 13,477 confirmed cases, 254 new confirmed cases and 446 deaths, including 5 new deaths. There are 2,066 patients are hospitalized, including 126 patients in intensive care units. The results are from 59,976 PCR diagnostic tests.
Previous bulletin results for weekend days have been:
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 PCR tests stats for the past ten days are: 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), 1,038 (Bulletin #54), 1,672 (Bulletin #53). The Pan American Health Organization says that the country needs to continue to show consistency in testing before easing further 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 Tuesday, 19 May 2020 at 6pm, the most confirmed cases continue to be reported in the National District and Santo Domingo Province, 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 Santo Domingo Province (89), the National District (67), San Cristóbal (25), Espaillat / Moca (13), Santiago (10), La Romana (8), Valverde (8), Sánchez Ramírez (6), La Altagracia (5), Barahona (5), Azua (4), Monte Plata (4), La Vega (3), San Pedro de Macorís (2), Duarte (2), and San Juan de la Maguana (2). The Ministry of Public Health reports 1 or less confirmed cases in 15 other provinces.
According to Bulletin #62, the evolution of the health crisis nationwide is:
National District: 3,417 cases, 67 new cases, 68 deaths, 1 new deaths
Santo Domingo province: 3,182 cases, 89 new cases, 72 deaths, 2 new deaths
Santiago: 1,314 cases, 10 new cases, 71 deaths
La Vega: 830 cases, 3 new cases, 25 deaths
Duarte (San Francisco de Macorís): 771 cases, 2 cases, 84 deaths
San Cristóbal: 733 cases, 25 new cases, 18 deaths
Espaillat (Moca, Gaspar Hernández): 501 cases, 13 new cases, 8 deaths
La Romana: 421 cases, 70 new cases, 7 deaths
Puerto Plata: 332 cases, 18 deaths
Monseñor Nouel (Bonao): 309 cases, 4 deaths
Sánchez Ramírez (Cotuí): 240 cases, 6 new cases, 7 deaths, 1 new death
Hermanas Mirabal / Salcedo: 235 cases, 15 deaths
La Altagracia (Higuey, Verón, Punta Cana): 226 cases, 5 new cases, 2 deaths
Azua: 151 cases, 4 new cases, 2 deaths
María Trinidad Sánchez / Nagua: 121 cases, 4 deaths
San Pedro de Macorís: 107 cases, 2 new cases, 13 deaths, 1 new death
San Juan de la Maguana: 105 cases, 2 new cases, 6 deaths
Peravia: 99 cases, 3 deaths
Barahona: 82 cases, 2 new cases, 1 death
Valverde: 71 cases, 2 cases, 4 deaths
Santiago Rodríguez: 45 cases, 1 death
Monte Plata: 35 cases, 4 new cases, 6 deaths
Montecristi: 31 cases
Samaná: 29 cases, 1 death
San José de Ocoa: 19 cases, 2 deaths
El Seibo: 15 cases
Hato Mayor: 13 cases, 2 deaths
Baoruco: 8 cases, 1 new death
Elías Piña: 7 cases
Dajabón: 6 cases
Pedernales: 5 cases
Independencia: 3 cases, 1 death
Haiti reports 596 confirmed cases and 22 deaths as of 18 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. In the Caribbean and Central America, the Dominican Republic has the most confirmed cases.
Ministry of Public Health epidemiological bulletins
Read more statistical analysis at:
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Health Data
University of Oxford Covid Tracker
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20 May 2020