According to Coronavirus Bulletin #105 of the Ministry of Public Health’s Department of Epidemiology, the Dominican Republic has 34,197 confirmed cases, 810 new confirmed cases from 157,045 PCR diagnostic tests. The number of PCR cases for the bulletin is 2,916.
The tally of deaths is now 765, including 11 new registered deaths. The daily average number of deaths for the past 14 days is 9.5.
As of Bulletin #105, 3,428 patients are hospitalized. Of these, 200 patients are in intensive care units. The fatality rate, the number of reported deaths per number of confirmed cases continues to decline. It is now at 2.24%. Positivity rate over the past 4 weeks is 21.11%.
Previous bulletin results have been:
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 risen to 3,221 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: 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), 2,251 (Bulletin #98), 2,973 (Bulletin #97), 1,970 (Bulletin #96), 2,907 (Bulletin #95), 3,222 (Bulletin #94), 3,327 (Bulletin #93), 2,200 (Bulletin #92), 2,584 (Bulletin #91), 1,932 (Bulletin (#90), 1,822 (Bulletin #89), and 1,759 (Bulletin #88).
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, 1 July 2020 at 4pm, the most confirmed cases continue to be reported in urban areas where most of the tests are carried out. Greater Santo Domingo (Santo Domingo province and the National District) has 55.8%, the result of 19,081 confirmed cases and 34,197 total confirmed cases. Santiago, San Cristobal, La Vega, Duarte (San Francisco de Macorís), Espaillat, La Romana, La Altagracia (Higuey, Verón, Punta Cana), Puerto Plata, Azua, Monseñor Nouel (Bonao), Barahona, Sánchez Ramírez (Cotuí), Hermanas Mirabal (Salcedo), San Juan de la Maguana, San Pedro de Macoris, María Trinidad Sánchez, Valverde and Peravia are provinces that have 200 or more cases.
The most new cases or recently allocated cases are reported for the 1 July deadline are: the National District (383), Santo Domingo province (170), Santiago (56), San Cristóbal (25), Pedernales (24), La Altagracia (22), Duarte (20), Independencia (15), Barahona (14), Hermanas Mirabal (12), San Pedro de Macoris (11), La Vega (11), La Romana (10), El Seibo (9), San José de Ocoa (9), Azua (7), Peravia (6), Montecristi (6), San Juan de la Maguana (5), Monseñor Nouel (5), Puerto Plata (4), Sánchez Ramírez (4), Samaná (2), Elías Piña (2) and María Trinidad Sánchez (2). The Ministry of Public Health reports one or no confirmed cases in 6 of 31 provinces and the National District. 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.
According to Bulletin #105, the evolution of the health crisis nationwide is:
Santo Domingo province: 10,028 cases, 170 new cases, 177 deaths, 3 new deaths
National District: 9,053 cases, 383 new cases, 135 deaths, 2 new deaths
Santiago: 2,451 cases, 56 new cases, 105 deaths, 1 new death
San Cristóbal: 1,949 cases, 25 new cases, 33 deaths, 2 new deaths
La Vega: 1,324 cases, 11 new cases, 37 deaths
Duarte (San Francisco de Macorís): 918 cases, 20 new cases, 87 deaths
La Romana: 875 cases, 10 new cases, 10 deaths
La Altagracia (Higuey, Verón, Punta Cana): 837 cases, 22 new cases, 2 deaths
Espaillat (Moca, Gaspar Hernández): 754 cases, 1 new case, 14 deaths
Azua: 650 cases, 7 new cases, 10 deaths
Barahona: 592 cases, 14 new cases, 8 deaths
Puerto Plata: 528 cases, 4 new cases, 39 deaths, 2 new deaths
Monseñor Nouel (Bonao): 432 cases, 5 new cases, 7 deaths
San Juan de la Maguana: 357 cases, 5 new cases, 8 deaths
Sánchez Ramírez (Cotuí): 337 cases, 4 new cases, 10 deaths
San Pedro de Macorís: 311 cases, 13 new cases, 14 deaths
Hermanas Mirabal / Salcedo: 282 cases, 12 new cases, 18 deaths
Valverde: 235 cases, 13 deaths
María Trinidad Sánchez / Nagua: 227 cases, 2 new cases, 4 deaths
Peravia: 213 cases, 6 new cases, 8 deaths
Independencia: 101 cases, 15 new cases, 1 death
Elías Piña: 85 cases, 2 new cases, 1 death
San José de Ocoa: 83 cases, 5 new cases, 3 deaths
Santiago Rodríguez: 83 cases, 4 deaths
Pedernales: 81 cases, 24 new cases
Samaná: 72 cases, 2 new cases, 1 death
Monte Plata: 66 cases, 1 new case, 7 deaths
Montecristi: 66 cases, 6 new cases, 3 deaths
El Seibo: 55 cases, 9 new cases
Dajabón: 34 cases, 1 new case, 2 deaths
Hato Mayor: 33 cases, 2 deaths
Baoruco: 28 cases, 2 deaths, 1 new death
Haiti reports 6,040 confirmed cases and 107 deaths, as of 1 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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3 July 2020