The epidemiological report of the Ministry of Health (Minsa), reveals that Panama reaches 65,256 COVID-19 infections, when some 1,065 new cases were detected in the last 24 hours after applying 3,048 tests.
This report also indicates that the deaths rose to 1,421, after registering 24 new deaths in this same period of time.
In the country, 39,166 patients have been recovered and active cases total 24,669.
Regarding the confinement, it was added that some 22,528 are kept isolated in their homes after testing positive for this new coronavirus; and another 673 are housed in hospital hotels.
It is also highlighted that 1,468 are hospitalized; of which 1,302 are confined in wards and 166 are kept in the intensive care unit.
Positive COVID-19 cases by age group:
<20 years old: 7,962 (12.2%)
20-39 years old: 28,069 (43.0%)
40-59 years old: 20,591 (31.6%)
60-79 years old: 7,231 (11.1%)
>80 years old: 1,403 (2.1%)
86% of all the confirmed
coronavirus cases in Panama are under 60-year-olds.
COVID-19 linked deaths by age group:
<20 years old: 14 (1.0%)
20-39 years old: 80 (5.6%)
40-59 years old: 319 (22.4%)
60-79 years old: 666 (46.9%)
>80 years old: 342 (24.1%)
71% of the
coronavirus linked death cases in Panama correspond to the age of 60 and above.
Breakdown of cases by provinces
Panama 37,259,
Panama Oeste 11,425
Chiriquí 3,908
Colón 4,333
Bocas del Toro 2,283
Veraguas 2,288
Darién 1,301
Ngäbe Buglé 859
Coclé 750
Guna Yala 457
Herrera 267
Los Santos 126