The Ministry of Health (Minsa) reported that the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Panama rose to 395,449, while deaths increased to 6,483 in total.

It details that for this Tuesday, June 22, there are 1,208 new coronavirus infections and 5 new deaths. The case fatality rate is 1.6%.

In the last hours, 14,219 new tests have been carried out to detect COVID -19 and the positivity is 8.5%.

It adds that currently 477 people are hospitalized in the ward and 84 patients are kept in intensive care units due to COVID-19.

In addition, there are 10,857 active cases of coronavirus, of which 9,929 remain in home isolation and 367 are in hospital hotels.

On the other hand, the Minsa indicates that to date some 378,109 people have recovered.

Effective reproduction number of COVID-19 in Panama

The head of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Health, Leonardo Labrador, announced that for this week the effective reproductive number of COVID-19 or RT in Panama, is located at 1.08, with a decrease compared to the previous weeks.

He added that the regions of Bocas del Toro, Chiriquí, the Guna Yala region, Darién, and the Ngäbe Buglé region, maintains a RT below 1.

A decrease in the effective breeding number has also been observed in Panama Metro, San Miguelito, Veraguas and Coclé.

On the other hand, the provinces of Los Santos, Herrera and Colón maintain a high RT.