COVID -19: May closes with over 76,000 infections

May will close as the second month of the year with the most confirmed cases of covid-19, with at least 76,000 infections, reports the Ministry of Health (Minsa).

The Minsa specifies that in 29 days of May, 76,187 people with the coronavirus have been reported, well above what was registered in February with 55,224, March 9,333, and April 11,884.

In five months of 2022, January registered the highest number of cases with 204,354, when Panama was facing the fourth wave of the pandemic. It is the highest number of monthly infections since the virus arrived in the country in March 2020.

Regarding active cases, have increased significantly. By April 30, it closed with 6,066 active cases, however, as of May 29, 28,740 were recorded.

At the end of April, 95 people were reported hospitalized; 84 in the ward and 11 in intensive care.  The epidemiological report from Sunday, detailed that there are 260 hospitalized; 221 in the room and 39 in ICU.