The Ministry of Health (Minsal) published this Sunday morning a new daily report on the pandemic. The portfolio reported that there were 3,565 new cases of Covid-19 and 10 deaths from causes associated with the disease in the last 24 hours. For its part, positivity at the national level reached 14.15%.
New confirmed cases nationwide increased by 35.7% in the last week, while in the last 14 days there is an increase of 64.4%. Furthermore, no region has reduced its cases in the last seven and only one has done so in the last 14 days.
Of the 3,565 new cases of Covid-19, 2,472 correspond to symptomatic people and 225 do not present symptoms. In addition, 868 positive PCR tests were registered that were not reported.
The total number of people who have been diagnosed with Covid-19 in the country amounts to 5,203,532. Of this total, 10,472 patients are in the active stage, considering isolation for 5 days from the onset of symptoms or from the completion of the test, according to the Opening phase criteria. The recovered cases are 5,106,771.
Regarding deaths, according to the information provided by the Department of Statistics and Health Information (DEIS), in the last 24 hours, 10 deaths were registered due to causes associated with Covid-19. The total deaths amount to 64,311 in the country.
Regarding the Laboratory Network and diagnostic capacity, yesterday the results of 18,936 PCR and antigen tests were reported, reaching a total of 48,630,711 analyzed nationwide to date. The positivity of the last 24 hours at the country level is 14.15% and in the Metropolitan Region it is 15.85%.
Until yesterday, 87 people were hospitalized in Intensive Care Units, of which 62 remained with mechanical ventilation. In relation to the Integrated Health Network, there are a total of 339 critical beds available for patients who require them, regardless of the region where they are located.
