COVID-19 update: 609 new cases and 12 more deaths
Santo Domingo.- The Ministry of Public Health reported 609 new registered cases of COVID-19 in the Dominican Republic, amounting to 92,217 the total.
According to the issuance of special bulletin number 159, the positivity is 30.28 percent.
In the country, there are a total of 28,172 active cases of the disease.
Likewise, the report stated that 12 people died, amounting to 1,585 deaths. The fatality rate is 1.72 percent.
In ICU
The number of people who are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) accounts to 246.
In addition, more than 7,300 are in hospital isolation and another 20,844 in home isolation.
PCR samples performed
On August 24th, the entity performed 3,221 PCR samples for a total of 355,254 samples processed.
In total, some 272 health workers have been infected with the disease.