In the Dominican Republic, so far, 139,396 people have tested positive to PCR tests. Now the Gallup-Hoy November 2020 poll says that 90% of those polled say no one in their household has caught the virus. In 4.4% of the households, there was one case, in 2.7% two, in 1.2% three, and in 1.8% four cases or more.
No one has been hospitalized in 80% of the homes where there have cases of Covid-19. There was one case in 16% of those homes; in 2.7% two, and in 0.9% three cases.
There were no deaths in 92.9% of the households where there were cases of coronavirus.
In 6.3% of the homes, there was only one death, and in 0.8% there were two deaths. 32% of the people who died in the country due to coronavirus suffered from hypertension, and another 20% had diabetes as a co-morbidity condition.
The first positive PCR test in the Dominican Republic was registered to an Italian tourist on 1 March 2020. The number of deaths since then for Covid-19 is 2,315, as of the 24 November Epidemiological Bulletin deadline.
Meanwhile, the same Gallup-Hoy November poll revealed that 68.7% of Dominicans agrees with the evening curfew to keep the virus under control.
The survey was carried out nationwide from 11-16 November 2020. 1,200 households were polled in person for the survey. The sample has an error margin of 2.8%.
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25 November 2020