Greetings 21 new deaths by COVID-19 and the total ascent to 1,679

Puerto Rico favors these juveniles with 21 new deaths per COVID-19 that elevated to 1,679 the total number of casualties due to the illness since the beginning of the pandemic, informs the Department of Health.

Agreed with the agency’s diary report on the advance of the virus in the island, the deaths reported will take place between October 7, 2020 and January 13, 2021.

New dead information:

• Female from 66 years of the Metro region
• Female from 69 years of the Metro region
• Male 85 years of the Metro region
• Female from 93 years of the Metro region
• Male 75 years of the Metro region
• Male of 39 years of the Metro region
• Male 71 years of the Metro region
• Male 71 years of age Bayamón
• Female from 81 years of the Bayamón region
• Male of 72 years of the Bayamón region
• Mujer de 97 anos de la region de Bayamón
• Female from 59 years of the Bayamón region
• Male 84 years of Bayamón region
• Male 93 years of the Caguas region
• Male 75 years of the Aguadilla region
• Male of 84 years of Fajardo region
• Man 81 years old from the Arecibo region
• Female from 69 years of the Arecibo region
• Male of 68 years of the Arecibo region
• Male 74 years of the Arecibo region
• Male 95 years of the Ponce region

Asimismo, Health report – report – 108 confirmed positive cases, 177 suspicious positive cases and 78 additional probable positive cases. Thus, the total number of confirmed cases increased to 79,114, while the probable cases were raised to 5,702. The case cases total 60,303.

“The number of additional cases confirmed by the last informant does not imply that these cases correspond to the last 24 hours. The total includes cases with tomadas from December 298, 2020 to January 12, 2021 ″, details the agency in the report.

Incidentally, the number of patients hospitalized for the virus is colloid in 407, which translates to 19 more than ayer. Of that number, 51 were referred to an Intensive Care Unit (UCI) and 61 permanently connected to an artificial responder. A minor issue is also intense. Hasta hoy, the hospital of the country counts with 249 intensive care units and 845 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 that of a patient who was diagnosed with COVID-19 median an antigen test or that his clinical team meets the criteria to create a COVID-19 pad, but only a molecular test of the 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.