With 753 new cases of COVID-19, Panama increases its total number of infections to 55,906, according to the Ministry of Health.
While with 21 new deaths, the number of deaths from this virus in the country is 1,180, which represents a case fatality rate of 2.1%.
There are a total of 31,122 clinically recovered patients.
According to the epidemiological report, 21,640 of the active patients are in home isolation (651 are confined in hotels), while another 1,313 are hospitalized (1,155 in the ward and 158 in intensive care).
According to the age group, patients with ages between 20 to 59 years continue to be the most affected in terms of infection, however, most deaths correspond to those over 60 years of age.
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Minsa indicated that it meets daily with the inter-institutional team made up of the governments, mayors, justices of the peace, communal boards, regional health directors, as well as other entities that work on the traceability of cases.
In addition, civic clubs with professionals in psychology and psychiatry have joined the tracing work.