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No Covid-19 yet in 90% of Dominican households

Coronavirus Disease 2019 Rotator Graphic for af.mil. (U.S. Air Force Graphic by Rosario “Charo” Gutierrez)

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