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He Department of Health reported this Sunday 14 additional deaths from COVID-19 This has raised the total number of deaths caused by the virus to 1,630 since the pandemic began.
The agency detailed that eight of the deaths occurred in October and December 2020, while six were reported by 2021.
New reported deaths:
- 75-year-old woman from the Metro region
- 97-year-old woman from the Metro region
- 74-year-old woman from the Metro region
- 96-year-old woman from the Metro region
- 87-year-old man from the Metro region
- 88-year-old man from the Metro region
- 60-year-old man from the Metro region
- 63-year-old woman from the Metro region
- 35-year-old man from the Bayamón region
- 75-year-old woman from the Fajardo region
- 73-year-old woman from the Fajardo region
- 87-year-old man from the Fajardo region
- 91-year-old man from the Caguas region
- 66-year-old woman from the Caguas region
In the meantime, Health recorded 196 new confirmed positive cases, 152 probable positive cases and 182 suspected positive cases. Before this, the total number of confirmed cases increased to 77,630, while the probable cases totaled 5,489 and 58,777 suspicious cases.
All confirmed cases were adjusted after the addition of 154 cases before December 25, 2020. They also adjusted all probable cases after the decrease of 38 cases that had a positive molecular test and the addition of 25 cases before the date concerned. December 25, 2020.
Salud also adjusted the total number of suspicious cases after subtracting 62 cases that had a positive molecular test and then 10 cases that had a probable positive test. They also added 523 cases before December 25, 2020.
On the other hand, the number of patients hospitalized for the virus was placed at 402, of which 65 are confined in an intensive care unit and 71 are connected to an artificial respirator. Two minors are also intensive. To date, hospitals in the country have 241 intensive care beds and 794 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 have a positive 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.