Fall in number of covid patients in intensive care

There were three deaths and 252 new covid cases on the last day of September as the number of patients in  ICU continues to fall.

Nationwide there are 255 hospitalized patients of which 201 are in the ward and 54 are in the intensive care unit (ICU).

The Ministry of Health (Minsa) announced  Thursday, that the province of Veraguas joined Coclé, Herrera, Los Santos, and the Ngäbe Buglé region, does not report patients with Covid-19 admitted to the ICU.

Since the pandemic began in Panama, in March 2020, it is the first time that the Hospital Doctor Luis “Chicho” Fábrega, in the city of Santiago, has not had covid patients in the ICU.

The Expanded Program on Immunization reported that 5,501,067 vaccines against Covid-19 have been applied in the country.