So far Panama accumulates 460,073 infections and 7,095 deaths due to COVID-19.
The Ministry of Health of Panama (
Minsa ) through its epidemiological report on Monday, September 6, anticipates that 229 new cases of
COVID-19 were detected in the country, which increased accumulated infections to 460,073.
The
Minsa detailed that in the last hours 8 new deaths were raised and a death from previous days is updated; which increased to 7,095 deaths from
coronavirus in the country. The lethality of the virus is 1.5%.
The number of recovered is presented at 446,796 and active cases are set at 6,182.
Regarding this last statistic, the authorities specified that there are 5,595 people confined to their homes and 240 are staying in hospital hotels.
While in hospital wards there are 259 patients and 88 are confined in intensive care units victims of
COVID-19.
In the last 24 hours, the
Minsa has applied 3,634 tests, and a percentage of positivity of 6.3% remains.