COVID-19: 64,191infected, 1,397 deaths

Dr Lourdes Moreno, head of Epidemiology at the Ministry of Health who refused private treatment when she contracted coronavirus, returned to duty on Thursday, July  30 to present the latest casualty figures after 23 days. She reported that the number of  cases has reached  64,191, of which 38,218 have recovered 1,453 remain hospitalized, of those 1,292 are in the ward and 161 in intensive care

The number of deaths has climbed to 1.397, a fatality rate of 2.2%. 7,814 of the infections are in those under 20 years and from 20 to 39 years old, 27,668.

219,942 tests have been carried out (66,810 positive and 153,132 negative), of which 3,212 were applied on Thursday.

“The latest studies show that we have a smaller group of cases each time. In our epidemiological count, our statistical data tells us that the cases in Panama are going down, but they will continue to occur. The virus is still out there let’s not ease up said.  Health Minister, Francisco Sucre.