In Panama, a total of 487 patients are hospitalized in the ward and 97 are kept in intensive care units due to COVID-19.
The Ministry of Health (
Minsa) reported that for this Wednesday, August 4, in Panama a total of 438,781 accumulated cases of
COVID-19 are counted, of which 1,037 are new infections.
It also details that the number of confirmed deaths due to the new
coronavirus rose to 6,860, with a total of 7 deaths and 2 deaths from previous dates are updated. The fatality rate in the country stands at 1.6%.
For today 420,113 recovered people are reported.
To date there are 11,808 cases of
COVID-19 that remain active, of which 10,898 remain in home isolation at home and 326 are in hospital hotels.
On the other hand, a total of 487 patients are hospitalized in the ward and 97 are kept in intensive care units.
The
Minsa adds that in the last hours, 12,477 new tests have been carried out to detect
COVID-19 and the positivity rate is 8.3% in the country.