Panama reports 3,164 new cases of covid-19 and 35 deaths in the last 24 hours
The Ministry of Health (Minsa) of Panama reported 3,164 new cases of covid-19 and 35 deaths in the last 24 hours.
With these new figures, the total accumulated cases rises to 217,202 and deaths to 3,632. The case fatality is 1.7%.
16,341 new tests were applied to detect covid-19, for a percentage of positivity of 19.3%.
A total of 1,190,500 tests have been applied, of which 969,748 have been negative.
To date, 37,142 active cases and 176,428 recovered have been reported.
According to the epidemiological report of the Minsa, in isolation there are 35,358 patients of which 34,607 are in their residences and 751 in hospital hotels.
While 1,784 patients are hospitalized, of them 1,616 in ward and 168 in intensive care.
NOTE:
Some observers have argued that the Minsa reported case fatality rate (number of COVID linked deaths / number of known cases) in reality should be much lower, as the number of reported cases does not necessarily reflect the truth, as the testing does not cover the whole population, and many cases go undetected. At the same time, the government can't report what they don't know, but readers should note that the numbers may tell a different story from the reality.
Also, the method used in Panama to define how a "COVID death" is counted is also unclear, as many of the deaths correspond to underlying previous conditions, such as cancer, blood diseases, other age related diseases etc., and are reported as COVID deaths since the patient also had the coronavirus. On the other hand, many viruses are known to lower the patient's immunity and expose them to other diseases. As an example most HIV/AIDS patients don't die from the virus itself, but from other derived diseases such as pneumonia or regular flu.
There have also been reports on the inaccuracy of the PCR test, which would compromise the figures mentioned above.
In lack of better information sources, PanaTimes continues to publish reports with the government (Minsa) announced figures. Readers are adviced to use their own judgement. We are happy to publish more accurate reports, if they become available to us or our contributors.
Comments
casual observer 34 days ago
kelly/brian.....just use your name slick. Stop the bullshit.
Captain 34 days ago
Inevitably nut cases jumped at this opportunity...never mind the case numbers. Check out the emergency tents and even if there are inevitable errors the trend is dramatically upwards
kelly 35 days ago
Per the courts of Lisbon Portugal where scientific data was judged by the courts. It was found PCR tests reported 97% FALSE POSITIVES. Let me repeat that so you understand. The tests are only 3% accurate. All the New Cases you read about are based on FALSE POSITIVES or deemed fraudulent by the courts. Due to this fraud they no longer can lock up citizens, quarantine, stop people from running their business or shut down and destroy the economy. Point #2 Panama normally has 22,000 normal deaths since this magical virus came about 3566 have died, where are the excess deaths? THERE ARE NONE because the numbers dying are within normal expected. Meaning old with disease would be dying regardless of coronavirus. The facts document under 70 years old you have more risk of dying of influenza than coronavirus. The insane disproportionate response based on fear producing fraudulent PCR reporting that has been found to be 97% wrong, documents the lunacy of what is going on. 99.9% of Panamanians are living BUT are being destroyed while less than normal death rates are happening. We are not even seeing normal numbers of people dying and what is worse people that would be living are dying because they are afraid to seek treatment, then there are suicides', drug and alcoholism and domestic abuse killing more people than the coronavirus, all of it is outrageous that this has gone on this long. Flu, heart disease, cancer and all deaths have been eaten by coronavirus, if you believe that than you also believe the endless daily "new cases" that are 97% false positives! Enough is enough, look around you and everybody you know. The only people dying are people that are old or have underlying health conditions, the majority 99.9% are living after 12 months of the virus everywhere. This is economic and psychological terrorism based on PCR fraudulent reporting that even the WHO has admitted recently PCR is issuing FALSE POSITIVES. So the world have terrified by PCR tests that are fraudulent. Take a good look around your and everybody you know, if this was a real pandemic everybody you know around between 25 to 50% based on history would be dead! We are suffering from a PCR-demic and the courts have deemed them 97% fraudulent! Wake up take the fear glasses off, be objective, do some critical thinking and stop being manipulated by propaganda.
