The Minsa details that the accumulated infections rose to 422,678 and deaths from COVID-19 total 6,703.
Panama reported this Sunday, July 18, about 721 new cases of
COVID-19, which raised the accumulated infections to 422,678.
The epidemiological report of the Ministry of Health (
Minsa) detailed that in the last hours there were 6 new deaths; which increased to 6,703 deaths from
coronavirus in the country. The lethality of the virus is 1.6%.
The number of recovered is presented at 402,551 and active cases are set at 13,424.
Regarding this last statistic, the authorities specified that there are 12,316 people confined to their homes and 367 are staying in hospital hotels.
While in hospital wards there are 610 patients and 131 are confined in intensive care units victims of
COVID-19.
In the last 24 hours, the
Minsa has applied 9,322 tests, and maintains a positivity percentage of 7.7%.