Health does not report deaths from COVID-19 for the second day in a row

He Department of Health has not reported any further deaths this month since COVID-19Therefore, the total number of deaths associated with the virus remains at 1,703.

This is the second day in a row that the agency has not reported any new deaths due to the disease.

Health added 460 confirmed positive cases, 442 positive suspicious cases and 83 probable positive cases to its daily report.

“The number of additional cases confirmed since the last report does not imply that these cases correspond to the last 24 hours,” Salud said.

Considering this, the total number of confirmed cases amounted to 81,855, while the probable ones are 6,084. The total number of suspected cases totals 62,379.

The total number of confirmed cases was adjusted after the addition of two infections before 2 January 2021 and the decrease of one duplicate case. They also adjusted the total probable cases after subtracting 43 cases that had a positive molecular test and adding 57 cases before January 2, 2021. The universe of suspected cases was also adjusted by subtracting 53 cases that had a positive molecular test and 20 cases that had a positive antigen test. They also added 45 cases before January 2, 2021 and decreased seven cases in duplicate.

In the meantime, the number of patients hospitalized for the virus was 348, 15 less than yesterday. Of this total, 60 are confined in an intensive care unit and 53 are connected to an artificial respirator.

To date, hospitals in the country have 262 intensive care beds and 840 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.