Covid-19 indicators improve but too early to declare victory

Panama has shown indicators of Covid-19  not seen since mid-December when before the presence of the Omicron variant was detected.

There are 3,113 active cases and the percentage of positivity is between 5% and 6%, something that has not happened since the epidemiological December 19 -25. Five percent or less in the positivity of the tests indicate that the pandemic is under control, according to the World Health Organization.

There are 138 hospitalized, and, of these, 115 are in the ward and 23 in intensive care units.

The average number of cases during the last week, between February 27 and March 4, was 369 per day, a figure very similar to that registered in the week of December 12 to 18, when the average daily cases were 355.

For epidemiologists and public health specialists, the first 15 days of March will serve to observe how much the cases will increase after the start of the school year.

According to public health specialist Jorge Luis Prosperi, “it is not time to claim victory” if you want to maintain control of the pandemic.