In the most recent report published by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Panama presented, until May 28, 2022, a slight increase compared to the last two weeks in hospitalizations for Covid-19, registering 58% of room occupancy and 49% in the Intensive/Semi-intensive Care Unit.
The statistics of the international organization highlight a lethality of 0.97%, one of the lowest, even lower than the average for the region of 1.74%.
The document reveals official data published by Our World in Data until May 28, which indicates 187.53 doses applied per 100 people, above the world average of 150.1.
According to the same source (Our World in Data), at least 71 out of 100 people have the complete vaccination schedule and 79% of people have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, being one of the countries with the largest proportion of the population fully immunized, above the global average of 60%
PAHO mentions in its report that, according to the accumulated tests, a total of 1,413,853 tests per million inhabitants are carried out in Panama, maintaining the application of Covid-19 sampling to the population above the average for the region. of 1,325,421.
In four provinces there has been an increase in the incidence in the last two weeks: Chiriquí, Darién, Guna Yala and Panama, and in two, there is a slight increase: Bocas del Toro and the Ngäbe Buglé.
Chiriquí goes from 232.2 to 477.9 cases per 100 thousand inhabitants; Darien, which goes from 60.5 to 104.6 cases per 100,000 inhabitants; Panama that goes from 415.2 to 551.0 and in Guna Yala that no cases were registered in epidemiological week number 19, but now reports an incidence of 86.7 cases per 10
