Panama registers 1,471 deaths from coronavirus and 67,453 cases
The Ministry of Health (Minsa) reported on the afternoon of this Sunday, August 2, that in the last 24 hours, 22 new deaths from coronavirus were reported, for a total of 1,471 deaths since the virus appeared in the country.
To date, a cumulative total of 67,453 cases is reported. In the last hours, 1,070 new cases were reported, after the application of 3,235 new tests (33% positivity).
Meanwhile, active cases total 24,944, and 41,038 have recovered. In home isolation there are 23,480 people, of which 22,806 are at home and 674 in hotels.
The number hospitalized patients 1,464; 1,300 of them are in the ward and 164 in intensive care units (ICU).
The Health Minister, Luis Francisco Sucre, went to Bocas del Toro this Sunday to see the progress in the battle against the virus, Minsa reported.
Minister Sucre was accompanied by the Deputy Minister of Security, Ivor Pitti; the Regional director of Health, Vitelio Carrera; the Institutional director of the Social Security Fund, Edilberto Arjona; and Governor Stela Stephenson.
Meanwhile, active cases total 24,944, and 41,038 have recovered. In home isolation there are 23,480 people, of which 22,806 are at home and 674 in hotels.
The number hospitalized patients 1,464; 1,300 of them are in the ward and 164 in intensive care units (ICU).
The Health Minister, Luis Francisco Sucre, went to Bocas del Toro this Sunday to see the progress in the battle against the virus, Minsa reported.
Minister Sucre was accompanied by the Deputy Minister of Security, Ivor Pitti; the Regional director of Health, Vitelio Carrera; the Institutional director of the Social Security Fund, Edilberto Arjona; and Governor Stela Stephenson.