In the last 24 hours the authorities applied some 7,195 new tests, which yielded a positivity of 6.4%.
The epidemiological report of the Ministry of Health of Panama (
Minsa ) reported this Sunday, August 29, that some 463 new cases of
COVID-19 were detected in the country, raising the accumulated infections to 456,666.
In addition, the
Minsa indicates that in the last 24 hours 3 new deaths were reported, which increased to 7,046 deaths from
coronavirus. The virus maintains a lethality of 1.5% in the country.
So far, 441,655 recovered cases have been reported and there are 7,965 active cases in the country.
From this last figure, it is broken down that 7,344 people are confined to their homes and 242 have been housed in hospital hotels.
Regarding patients hospitalized in wards, it was detailed that there are 283 and another 96 are confined in intensive care units, after having contracted the virus.
In the last hours the authorities applied some 7,195 new tests, which yielded a positivity of 6.4%.