Drastic drop in Covid-19 cases brings Panama near control level

 A drastic drop in daily cases as well as those hospitalized with covid-19 in recent days, compared to January has been reported by the Minister of Health, Luis Francisco Sucre.

“Again we are close to entering a pandemic control area, fortunately, the numbers continue to drop,” the minister said on his Twitter account.

However, he indicated that in the following two weeks “an increase in the number of cases could be seen as thousands of Panamanians traveled last weekend to the different provinces to take advantage of their days off. They also visited beaches and rivers.

Until Thursday, March 3, the positivity of cases was 6.3%. On January 23, positivity was 36.28%, one of the highest so far this year.

Meanwhile, the number of people in intensive care units was 24, according to Thursday’s report.

The World Health Organization indicates that positivity of 5% or less allows the Covid-19 pandemic to be kept under control.