For today, 417,710 people have been recovered from COVID-19 and there are a total of 12,260 cases that remain active.
For this Monday, August 2, the number of confirmed cases of
COVID-19 in Panama increased to 436,812, after the country registered 337 new infections.
The epidemiological report reflects that there are also 8 new deaths due to the
coronavirus, and 1 death from previous dates is updated, raising the total number of deaths to 6,842, and the fatality rate remains 1.6%.
The Ministry of Health (
Minsa) details that currently 103 patients are kept in intensive care units and 452 people are hospitalized in the ward.
He adds that for today there are 417,710 recovered people, and there are a total of 12,260 cases that remain as active.
In this total number of active
COVID-19 cases, 11,363 remain in home isolation and 342 are in hospital hotels.
The
Minsa adds that in the last hours 3,603 new tests have been carried out to detect
COVID-19 and the positivity rate is 9.3%.