20 covid-19 deaths, 18 without complete vaccination

EIGHTEEN  of 20 deaths due to covid-19 reported by the Ministry of Health (Minsa) on Friday, January 18 did not have the complete vaccination schedule 12 did not receive any dose, and six had a single dose.

The Health authorities also highlighted that 90% of the deaths that have occurred, since the immunization process began, in January 2021, were people who did not have the complete vaccination cycle.

Panama has accumulated 7,680 deaths from coronavirus since the pandemic arrived in the country in March 2020, for a fatality rate of 1.1%.

Minsa reported  7,502 new cases after the application of 24,691 tests for positivity of 30.4%.

Active cases reached 79,445, of which 78,618 are in home isolation and 827 hospitalized (749 in the ward and 78 in intensive care).