According to official figures, most infections are local and now total 5,657, while imported infections are 277.
Every day in El Salvador more than a hundred patients are accounted for by COVID-19. According to new figures from the Ministry of Health, yesterday, 207 new cases of infection were identified, of which 203 are local and only 4 imported.
The institution also reported on the deaths of nine people, four men and five women, bringing the number to 152. According to the authorities, three of the men were in the range of 30 to 40 years and one more was older than 60.
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While the female cases, two women were in the range of 30 to 40 years; two others, between 50 and 60 years old and one over 70.
The department with the most cases of contagion is San Salvador with 2,785; followed by La Libertad with 687 and Santa Ana with 406.
To date, 5,934 confirmed cases, 6,102 suspected cases and some 2,225 active cases have been counted. Regarding the tests carried out, Salud indicates that some 157,799 have been carried out.
Vulnerable medical corps
On Saturday morning, one more news mourned the Social Security staff: Nurse Patricia Martínez, who worked at the General Hospital in San Salvador, had also lost the battle against COVID-19. Hours later, the social networks of the health movements reported the death of José Arístides Ramos, who worked as an internist in the Ahuachapán hospital. The three aforementioned deaths add to an estimated 40 deaths of health personnel working on the front line during the pandemic.
“We have had around 40, the deceased so far in the pandemic. Social Security, ISRI, the Minsal, all the health related that in their majority were the ones that gave the source of sustenance of the families ”, regrets Luis Rodríguez, secretary of Conflicts of Sitrasalud.
To this figure is added the death of 25 elements of the National Civil Police (PNC) and more than 600 infected by COVID-19 within the police corporation, in part due to overcrowding. “For these 600 infected policemen (confirmed) there may be some 1,200 infected police officers, even more,” confirmed Marvin Reyes, of the PNC Police Movement.
Most deaths have occurred in hospitals that have been designated to treat patients with COVID-19 or transfer centers that due to the high demand for patients have become COVID-19 hospitals, without having the necessary equipment and supplies to attend the pandemic , among them the Saldaña hospital, the Zacamil, or the Military.
While in Social Security there are deaths in the Surgical Doctor, the General, on May 1, and the health units of San Jacinto, Ilopango and Ciudad Arce.
In Social Security alone, the Nursing union counts thirteen health employees, including doctors, nurses, laboratory graduates, and motorists who have died doing their jobs. They also report a contagion of eight people in the laboratory of the General Hospital.
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