Puerto Rico emerges without COVID-19 deaths for the third day in a row and with 365 new cases confirmed

Puerto Rico woke up on Tuesday with no recent associated deaths COVID-19 for the third day in a row, he reported Department of Health.

Given this, the total number of deaths caused by the virus remains at 1,703, of which 1,420 are confirmed deaths and 283 are probable.

Salud added 365 new confirmed positive cases, 62 probable positive cases and 445 suspected positive cases, with samples taken between January 3-17. With these new infections, the total number of confirmed cases amounted to 82,259, while the probable number is 6,114. The suspected cases total 63,063.

“The number of additional cases confirmed since the last report does not imply that these cases correspond to the last 24 hours.”, the agency pointed out in its daily report on the evolution of the disease.

The total number of confirmed cases was adjusted after the addition of 39 infections before 3 January. Health also adjusted the total number of probable cases by subtracting 36 cases that had a positive molecular test and four cases before January 3. The total number of suspected cases was also adjusted after there were 60 cases that subsequently had a positive molecular test and one case that had a positive antigen test. Equally, added 300 suspicious cases before January 3, which were not reported.

In the meantime, the number of patients hospitalized for the virus was placed at 351, of which 46 are confined in an intensive care unit and 49 remain connected to an artificial respirator.

To date, hospitals in the country have 229 intensive care beds and 854 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.