COVID-19 of Puerto Rico: 12 new deaths and 303 confirmed cases

Puerto Rico treats this month with 12 new deaths by COVID-19 of which 1,642 the total number of failures caused by the virus were raised, in addition to 303 positive cases confirmed, 92 probable positive cases and 219 suspected positive cases.

Agreed with the Department of Health, the high-risk incidents reported between 26 December 2020 and 8 January 2021.

New dead information:

• Male 56 years of the Metro region
• Male of 79 years of the Metro region
• Male 69 years of the Metro region
• Mujer of 85 years of the Bayamón region
• Female from 55 years of the Bayamón region
• Female from 89 years of the Bayamón region
• Mujer of 82 years of the Ponce region
• Male 64 years of the Arecibo region
• Male of 86 years of the Arecibo region
• Mujer of 74 years of the Arecibo region
• Female from 89 years of the Caguas region
• Male 56 years of the Caguas region

“The additional number of deaths should not be interpreted as being haunted in the last 24 hours. Equally, it is important to note that the total number of deaths can vary in the medium in which the registration and coding processes of the causes of death occur, which can take various days, reza el informe de Salud.

With the new contagios, The total number of confirmed cases is 77,927, while the probable sums are 5,541 and the suspects are 58,872. The agency details that the total number of confirmed cases has been adjusted over the last six cases until the December 26th of 2020 and 12 duplicate cases remain.

Asimismo, adjust the totality of probable cases by leaving 40 cases that have a positive molecular test. The total number of suspicious cases also had to be adjusted to remain 21 cases where a positive positive test was performed and a case where a probable test was performed. However, six cases will be released by December 25th, 2020 and duplicate cases will remain in this category.

Entrant, the number of hospitalized patients for the virus was reduced to 392, of the 69 cases were admitted to an Intensive Care Unit and 73 were connected to an artificial respirator. A minor is also intense. Hasta hoy, the hospital of the country has 236 intensive care units and 800 artificial respirators available for adults.

Following the dependence, the positive case term confirmed has reference to the contiguous results obtained by validating a PCR (molecular) test. This case is likely to have a positive effect on the disease if it is through antigen testing. While, the suspicious cases, also known as anticonvulsant results, are those that are positively charged with the serological test, and do not have a molecular test or positive antigens.

In addition, the agency explained a death confirmed by COVID-19 corresponding to the death of a person with one of the most positive molecular tests. The probable death is that of a patient who was diagnosed with COVID-19 by means of an antigen test or that his clinical team meets the criteria for creating a COVID-19 pad, but there is only one molecular test or antigen. virus. Meanwhile, the suspicious death refers to the failure of a person in which a specific antecedent is detected in the blood, plasma or means a serological test with its blood.