Health adds seven deaths and 57 cases confirmed by COVID-19

He Department of Health added seven deaths COVID-19 This raised the total number of deaths caused by the disease to 1,562 since the beginning of the pandemic.

According to the Agency’s daily report on the evolution of the virus on the island, recent deaths took place between 27 December 2020 and 4 January.

New reported deaths:

-A 93-year-old woman from the Metro region

-An 84-year-old woman from the Arecibo region

-83-year-old man from the Arecibo region

-A 62-year-old woman from the Ponce region

-69-year-old woman from the Ponce region

-72-year-old man from the Mayagüez region

A 65-year-old man from the Bayamón region

Also Health reported 57 new confirmed positive cases, 27 probable positive cases and 74 suspected positive cases. Several experts have warned that reducing cases from recent statistics does not necessarily mean that there are fewer infected, as the ability to test the virus has decreased during the holiday season.

“The number of additional cases confirmed since the last report does not imply that these cases correspond to the last 24 hours. The total shall include cases with samples taken from 20 December 2020 to 3 January 2021. “, Quotes about health in the press release.

With the newly infected, the total number of confirmed cases increased to 74,458, while the probable cases are 4,861. The suspected cases total 57,221.

The total number of confirmed cases was adjusted after the addition of 444 cases before 20 December 2020. Also, all probable cases were adjusted by subtracting 14 cases that had a positive molecular test and adding a case with the sampling date of 28 December 2020.

All suspected cases were also adjusted after deducting 118 cases that had a positive molecular test and one case that had a positive antigen test. Also, added 277 suspicious cases before December 20th 2020.

Health also reported that the number of patients hospitalized for the virus was placed at 423, of which 69 are confined in an intensive care unit and 74 are connected to an artificial respirator. To date, hospitals in the country have 214 intensive care beds and 846 artificial respirators available for adults.

According to the agency, the confirmed positive case term refers to infections whose result was validated by a PCR (molecular) test. The probable case is one whose positive result for the disease was obtained by antigen testing. Meanwhile, the suspected cases, also known as antibody results, are those that were positive in the serological test and do not have a positive molecular or antigen test.

In addition, the agency explained that a confirmed death of COVID-19 corresponds to the death of a person with one or more positive molecular tests. Probable death is the death of a patient who was diagnosed with COVID-19 by an antigen test or whose clinical picture meets the criteria for believing that he or she had COVID-19 but never had a molecular or antigen test to detect the virus. . Meanwhile, suspicious death refers to the death of a person in whom a specific antibody is detected in serum, plasma or by a serological test with their blood.