{"id":141773,"date":"2020-05-19T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T07:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/?p=141773"},"modified":"2020-05-19T18:16:43","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T18:16:43","slug":"dominican-republic-coronavirus-covid-19-bulletin-60-16-may-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2020\/05\/19\/dominican-republic-coronavirus-covid-19-bulletin-60-16-may-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominican Republic \u2013 Coronavirus Covid-19: Bulletin #60\/17 May 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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According to Coronavirus Bulletin #60 of the Ministry of Public Health’s Department of Epidemiology, the Dominican Republic has 12,725 confirmed cases, 411 new confirmed cases and 434 deaths, including 6 new deaths. There are 2,040 patients are hospitalized, including 142 patients in intensive care units. The results are from 55,469 PCR diagnostic tests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Previous bulletin results for weekend days have been:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bulletin #59 numbers were 12,314 confirmed tests, 204 new cases, 428 deaths, 53,280 PCR tests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bulletin #58 numbers were 12,110 confirmed tests, 371 new cases, 428 deaths, 52,359 PCR tests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bulletin #57 numbers were 11,739 confirmed tests, 419 new cases, 424 deaths, 50,108 PCR tests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bulletin #56 numbers were 11,320 confirmed tests, 124 new cases, 422 deaths, 47117 PCR tests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The PCR tests stats for the past seven days are: 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 be able to show consistency in testing before easing activity restrictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As of Sunday, 17 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, Puerto Plata, La Romana, Hermanas Mirabal, and S\u00e1nchez Ram\u00edrez. All other provinces report 200 or less cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The largest increases in confirmed cases were reported for Santo Domingo province (134), San Crist\u00f3bal (38), the National District (102), La Romana (48), La Vega (29), San Crist\u00f3bal (22), Santiago (20), Altagracia (9), Barahona (7), Peravia (7), Puerto Plata (6), Azua (5), Duarte (4), Espaillat \/ Moca (3), Bahoruco (2), Monse\u00f1or Nouel \/ Bonao (4), Azua (3), Hermanas Mirabal (3), Mar\u00eda Trinidad S\u00e1nchez \/ Nagua (2), San Juan de la Maguana (2), San Pedro de Macor\u00eds (2), Valverde (2) and Santiago Rodr\u00edguez (2). The Ministry of Public Health reports 1 or less confirmed cases in 14 other provinces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Bulletin #60, the evolution of the health crisis nationwide is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

National District: 3,245 cases, 102 new cases, 64 deaths, 2 new deaths<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Santo Domingo province: 2,811 cases, 134 new cases, 68 deaths, 1 new death<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Santiago: 1,264 cases, 20 new cases, 69 deaths, 2 new deaths<\/p>\n\n\n\n

La Vega: 814 cases, 29 deaths, 23 deaths<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duarte (San Francisco de Macor\u00eds): 766 cases, 4 cases, 84 deaths<\/p>\n\n\n\n

San Crist\u00f3bal: 655 cases, 22 new cases, 18 deaths<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Espaillat (Moca, Gaspar Hern\u00e1ndez): 485 cases, 3 new cases, 8 deaths<\/p>\n\n\n\n

La Romana: 343 cases, 48 new cases, 7 deaths<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Puerto Plata: 320 cases, 6 new cases, 18 deaths<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monse\u00f1or Nouel (Bonao): 298 cases, 4 new cases, 4 deaths<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hermanas Mirabal \/ Salcedo: 235 cases, a new case, 15 deaths<\/p>\n\n\n\n

S\u00e1nchez Ram\u00edrez (Cotu\u00ed): 232 cases, 6 deaths<\/p>\n\n\n\n

La Altagracia (Higuey, Ver\u00f3n, Punta Cana): 206 cases, 9 new cases, 2 deaths<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Azua: 143 cases, 5 new cases, 2 deaths<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mar\u00eda Trinidad S\u00e1nchez \/ Nagua: 118 cases, 2 new cases, 4 deaths<\/p>\n\n\n\n

San Pedro de Macor\u00eds: 101 cases, 2 new cases, 12 deaths<\/p>\n\n\n\n

San Juan de la Maguana: 100 cases, 2 new cases, 5 deaths<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peravia: 94 cases, 7 new cases, 3 deaths<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Barahona: 80 cases, 7 new cases, 1 death<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Valverde: 69 cases, 4 deaths<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Santiago Rodr\u00edguez: 45 cases, 1 death<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Montecristi: 31 cases<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monte Plata: 31 cases, 1 new case, 6 deaths<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saman\u00e1: 29 cases, 1 death<\/p>\n\n\n\n

San Jos\u00e9 de Ocoa: 19 cases, 2 deaths<\/p>\n\n\n\n

El Seibo: 15 cases, 1 new case<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hato Mayor: 13 cases, 2 deaths<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Baoruco: 8 cases, 2 new cases, 1 new death<\/p>\n\n\n\n

El\u00edas Pi\u00f1a: 7 cases<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dajab\u00f3n: 6 cases<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pedernales: 5 cases<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Independencia: 3 cases, 1 death<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haiti reports 456 confirmed cases and 20 deaths as of 16 May 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Americas, the Dominican Republic is ranked 9th in confirmed cases after the United States, Brazil, Canada, Peru, Ecuador, Mexico, Chile and Colombia. In the Caribbean and Central America, the Dominican Republic has the most confirmed cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ministry of Public Health epidemiological bulletins <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more statistical analysis at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Health Data <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

University of Oxford Covid Tracker<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SICA <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

19 May 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

According to Coronavirus Bulletin #60 of the Ministry of Public Health’s Department of Epidemiology, the Dominican Republic has 12,725 confirmed cases, 411 new confirmed cases and 434 deaths, including 6 new deaths. There are 2,040 patients are hospitalized, including 142 patients in intensive care units. The results are from 55,469 PCR diagnostic tests. Previous bulletin … <\/p>\n

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