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Puerto Rico woke up this Friday with 657 people hospitalized for COVID-19, a figure that represents a new record for the island.
The total reported by the Department of Health represents 20 more patients than yesterday.
The highest figure that had been reported in the line of hospitalizations was on December 1 when there were 638 patients.
Of the 657 hospitalized, 99 people are confined in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and 106 are connected to an artificial respirator. To date, the country’s hospitals have 194 intensive care beds and 799 artificial respirators.
In general, all lines of incidents for COVID-19 increased today, according to Health.
The agency reported 367 confirmed positive cases, 94 probable cases and 118 additional suspected cases, all with a sampling date of November 24 to December 8.
Also, The agency reported 19 new deaths that brought the total number of deaths on the island to 1,238.
According to the agency’s report, the deaths reported today were recorded between the period of October 15 to December 9. The new deaths were broken down into 17 confirmed and two probable, so the total for each line increased to 996 and 242, respectively.
“It is important to remember that any death registered after the report is issued will be reflected in later reports,” quoted a statement from Health.
New confirmed deaths:
– 67-year-old man from the Ponce region
– 79-year-old man from the Metro region
– 78-year-old woman from the Metro region
– 85-year-old man from the Arecibo region
– 79-year-old man from the Caguas region
– 83-year-old man from the Bayamón region
– 85-year-old woman from the Bayamón region
– 81-year-old woman from the Bayamón region
– 54-year-old man from the Caguas region
– 70-year-old man from the Arecibo region
– 77-year-old man from the Metro region
– 56-year-old woman from the Arecibo region
– 93-year-old man from the Metro region
– 61-year-old woman from the Fajardo region
– 88-year-old woman from the Mayagüez region
– 85-year-old woman from the Arecibo region
– 88-year-old woman from the Arecibo region
New probable deaths:
– 69-year-old woman from the Bayamón region
– 81-year-old woman from the Bayamón region
“The change in the number of deaths should not be interpreted as having occurred in the last 24 hours. In the same way, it is important to point out that the death report may vary, to the extent that the processes of registration and codification of the causes of death take place, which could take several days ”, explained the agency.
According to the agency, the term confirmed positive case refers to infections whose result was validated by a PCR (molecular) test. The probable case is one whose positive result for the disease was obtained by antigen testing. Meanwhile, suspected cases, also known as antibody results, are those that have a positive serological test, and do not have a positive molecular or antigen test.
In addition, the agency explained a death confirmed by COVID-19 corresponds to the death of a person with one or more positive molecular tests. Probable death is the death of a patient who was diagnosed with COVID-19 through an antigen test or whose clinical picture meets the criteria to believe that he had COVID-19, but never had a molecular or antigen test to detect the virus. Meanwhile, suspicious death refers to the death of a person in which a specific antibody is detected in serum, plasma or through a serological test with their blood.
Confirmed positive cases (molecular test)
The total of 57,096 confirmed positive cases corresponds to 30,695 women and 26,401 to men. The group of patients between 20 and 29 years old dominates with the highest number of infections (10,157), followed by 30 to 39 years (9,602) and 40 to 49 years (9,544).
The metropolitan region is the one with the most confirmed positive cases with a total of 17,740, followed by the Bayamón region (12,516) and Caguas (7,838). However, the agency has 284 confirmed cases for which it has not been able to identify the region.
San Juan remains the municipality with the most confirmed infections with 9,147 cases, followed by Bayamón (4,363) and Carolina (3,912). Health still does not have available the municipality of 1,599 confirmed cases.
Probable positive cases (antigen test)
The total of 2,362 positive cases in antigen test is divided by 1,337 corresponding to women and 1,025 to men. In this category, the group of patients between 20 and 29 years old registers the highest number of probable infected with 355, followed by the group between 40 and 49 years old with 351 and the group between 30 and 39 years old with 348.
The Caguas region dominates the statistics with 491 probable infected, followed by the Bayamón region (451) and the Metro (377). However, Salud has 87 probable cases for which it has not been able to identify the region.
At the municipal level, San Juan has the highest number of probable cases with 165, followed by Caguas (143) and Bayamón (133). The agency does not have the population of 82 probable cases available.
Suspicious positive cases (serological test)
The total of 44,667 probable positive cases is divided by 25,053 corresponding to women and 19,614 to men. In this category, the group of patients between 20 and 29 years old also registers the highest number of probable infected with 7,644, followed by the group between 40 and 49 years old with 7,059 and the group between 50 and 59 years old with 6,825.
The metropolitan region dominates the statistics with 10,732 suspected infected, followed by the Bayamón region (9,625) and Caguas (5,729). However, it has 1,406 suspected cases for which it has not been able to identify the region.
San Juan is also the largest municipality with suspected cases (5,476), followed by Bayamón (3,068) and Carolina (2,256). The agency does not have available the town of 978 suspected cases.
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