According to the Minsa, the country accumulates 446,409 infections and 6,939 deaths due to COVID-19.
Panama reported this Friday, August 13, about 758 new cases of
COVID-19, which raised the accumulated infections to 446,409.
The epidemiological report of the Ministry of Health (
Minsa) detailed that in the last hours there were 7 new deaths; which increased to 6,939 deaths from
coronavirus in the country. The lethality of the virus is 1.6%.
The number of recovered is presented at 428,741 and active cases are set at 10,729.
Regarding this last statistic, the authorities specified that there are 9,896 people confined to their homes and 312 are staying in hospital hotels.
While in hospital wards there are 398 patients and 123 are confined in intensive care units victims of
COVID-19.
In the last 24 hours, the
Minsa has applied 9,926 tests, and maintains a positivity percentage of 7.6%.