According to Coronavirus Bulletin #66 of the Ministry of Public Health’s Department of Epidemiology, the Dominican Republic has 14,801 confirmed cases, 379 new confirmed cases and 458 deaths. 2,295 patients are hospitalized, including 122 in intensive care units. The results are from 67,940 PCR diagnostic tests.
Previous bulletin results for weekend days have been:
• 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 13 reported days are: 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), 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 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.
The Ministry of Public Health has included a new column in the Epidemiological Bulletin with the number of PCR diagnostic tests in the National District or the 31 provinces. This confirms that half of the PCR tests (49%) have been carried out in Greater Santo Domingo. Greater Santo Domingo is made up by the National District and the province of Santo Domingo and has a third of the national population. The confirmed cases represent 50.8% of the cumulative total for the country.
As of Saturday, 23 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 the National District (108), Santo Domingo Province (139), San Cristóbal (27), La Altagracia (21), Santiago (18), La Vega (12), La Romana (7), Azua (7), Puerto Plata (4), San Pedro de Macoris (3), El Seibo (3), Monseñor Nouel / Bonao (3), María Trinidad Sánchez (3), Samaná (2) and San Juan de la Maguana (2). The Ministry of Public Health reports 1 or less confirmed cases in 17 other provinces.
According to Bulletin #66, the evolution of the health crisis nationwide is:
National District: 3,828 cases, 108 new cases, 71 deaths
Santo Domingo province: 3,698 cases, 139 new cases, 76 deaths
Santiago: 1,334 cases, 17 new cases, 71 deaths
La Vega: 858 cases, 12 new cases, 27 deaths
Duarte (San Francisco de Macorís): 774 cases, 1 new case, 84 deaths
San Cristóbal: 805 cases, 27 new cases, 18 deaths
Espaillat (Moca, Gaspar Hernández): 529 cases, 1 new cases, 8 deaths
La Romana: 447 cases, 4 new cases, 7 deaths
Puerto Plata: 343 cases, 1 new case, 18 deaths
Monseñor Nouel (Bonao): 324 cases, 3 new cases, 4 deaths
Sánchez Ramírez (Cotuí): 248 cases, 8 deaths
Hermanas Mirabal / Salcedo: 237 cases, 1 new case, 15 deaths
La Altagracia (Higuey, Verón, Punta Cana): 262 cases, 21 new cases, 2 deaths
Azua: 180 cases, 7 new cases, 2 deaths
María Trinidad Sánchez / Nagua: 126 cases, 3 new cases, 4 deaths
San Pedro de Macorís: 126 cases, 3 new cases, 13 deaths
San Juan de la Maguana: 114 cases, 2 new cases, 6 deaths
Peravia: 101 cases, 1 new case, 3 deaths
Barahona: 96 cases, 1 new cases, 1 death
Valverde: 84 cases, 5 deaths
Santiago Rodríguez: 48 cases, 1 new case, 1 death
Monte Plata: 36 cases, 1 new case, 6 deaths
Montecristi: 31 cases, 1 death
Samaná: 29 cases, 2 new cases, 1 death
San José de Ocoa: 20 cases, 2 deaths
El Seibo: 18 cases, 3 new cases
Hato Mayor: 14 cases, 2 deaths
Baoruco: 8 cases, 1 death
Elías Piña: 8 cases, 1 new case
Dajabón: 7 cases
Pedernales: 6 cases, 1 new case
Independencia: 5 cases, 1 new case, 1 death
Haiti reports 856 confirmed cases and 26 deaths as of 23 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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23 May 2020