COVID-19 of Puerto Rico: five new deaths and 534 confirmed cases

Puerto Rico treats this month with five new deaths by COVID-19 which raised to 1,778 the total number of deaths caused by the virus, informs the Department of Health.

The agency specified that the bankruptcies would occur between the 19th and 24th of January. The confirmed deaths total 1 494 confirmed deaths and the probable deaths 284.

New dead information:

-Hombre of 73 years of the Arecibo region

-Hombre of 82 years of the Arecibo region

-Hombre of 88 years of the Metro region

-Women 59 years of the Caguas region

-Mujer of 71 years of the Caguas region

“The additional death toll 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 ”, subrayó Salud en su informe.

The agency too information 534 new positive cases confirmed, 92 positive cases probably and 531 positive positive cases. Thus, the total number of confirmed cases increased to 85,114, while the probable cases are 6,482. The total number of cases is 66,352.

Hello, without embarrassment, we have adjusted the total number of cases confirmed by our three contagious releases by January 9, 2021 and will remain a duplicate case. We also adjusted the totality of the probable cases to remain 66 cases that will have a positive molecular test and some cases are prevalent at 9 years. Asimismo, there remains a duplicate case in this category.

Similarly, the total number of suspected cases was adjusted to remain 56 cases where a positive positive sample was found and four cases that contained a positive antigen test. We also have 76 suspicious cases previewed in January 9 and remain duplicate cases.

Entrant, The number of patients hospitalized for the virus was measured at 312, of which 56 were admitted to an Intensive Care Unit (UCI) and 41 were connected to an artificial respirator..

Hasta hoy, the hospital of the country counts with 206 intensive care units and 864 artificial respirators available for adults.

Following the dependency, the positive case term was confirmed by reference to the contiguous results obtained by validating a PCR (molecular) test. The case is likely to be a positive result of 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 the decision of a patient who was diagnosed with COVID-19 median 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, suspicious death refers to the failure of a person to detect a specific antidote to acid, plasma or means a serological test with its blood.