Public Health Minister Daniel Rivera says that 88% of those admitted to Dominican hospitals for Covid-19 have not been vaccinated. 7% have a single dose. Dr. Rivera says patients are arriving with serious pulmonary issues.
The Ministry of Public Health report #595 indicates 28% of Covid-19 hospital beds are occupied (639 of 2,266 total available), and 45% of the intensive care units for Covid-19 are taken (263 of 587).
The Ministry of Public Health Coronavirus Bulletin #595 reports 973 new cases, up from 891 on the previous day. The Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department Coronavirus Bulletin #595 reports active Covid-cases are 4,458 down (-399) of the prior day. The number of active cases is considerably less than the peak of 55,773 active cases registered in July 2021, and is evidence the vaccines are working.
Minister of Public Health says that 76% of the population has at least a first vaccine and 62% has two doses. He said 850,000 more persons need to be vaccinated to reach 70% of the population. The VacunateRD government website reports injecting 6,760,871 first doses of the vaccine and 5,359,699 second doses for the 3 November 2021 vaccination deadline.
The president of the Pneumology Society, Dr. Evangelina Soler says that those affected by Covid that have three doses are only slightly ill with few symptoms.
More efforts are needed to get more people to get the Covid-19 vaccines. The daily number of vaccines administered has been gradually declining after the peak of 83,745 doses for the 22 October deadline, up from 20,797 vaccines applied on 30 September 2021.
For the 3 November deadline, Our World in Data reports that 22,977 first and second dose vaccines were applied, a significant decline from mid-October when more than 80,000 vaccines were being applied. The record vaccinations for one day was 184,208 on 10 June 2021. The rolling 7-day average as of 3 November 2021 deadline is now at 30,820 vaccines applied per day.
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DR1 News
5 November 2021