Health reports five new deaths and 354 confirmed cases of COVID-19

He COVID-19 killed five more people and the total number of deaths caused by the virus rose to 1,783, reported on Tuesday Department of Health.

According to the agency’s daily report, the deaths occurred between January 23 and 25.

New reported deaths:

• 80-year-old man from the Bayamón region
• 56-year-old man from the Caguas region
• 90-year-old woman from the Caguas region
• 90-year-old woman from the Caguas region
• 51-year-old man from the Caguas region

“The number of additional deaths should not be interpreted as occurring in the last 24 hours. Similarly, it is important to point out that the total number of deaths may vary as the processes of recording and coding the causes of death take place, which may take several days. “Health warned in its report.

The agency also recorded 354 new confirmed positive cases, 75 probable positive cases and 418 suspected positive cases.. Samples of these cases were taken between January 10 and January 24. Given this, the confirmed cases total 85,551 and probably 6,518, while the suspects are 66,734.

The total number of confirmed cases was adjusted after Salud added 83 cases before 10 January. The agency also adapted for all probable cases by subtracting 39 cases that had a positive molecular test. The agency also adjusted the total number of suspicious cases after subtracting 37 cases that had a positive molecular test and added a case with a sample taken on January 8.

In the meantime, the number of patients hospitalized for COVID-19 remained at 312, of whom 54 are confined in an intensive care unit (ICU) and 43 are connected to an artificial respirator.

To date, hospitals in the country have 219 intensive care beds and 874 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 to believe 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.