Covid cases in Panama on downward trend

With a decrease of 33.6% in Covid-19 cases in the last two weeks, Panama is registering a plateau in the third wave of the pandemic with a downward trend, reports the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).

The news comes as Panama announced the vaccination of over  3,250,000 people.

PAHO highlights that for Epidemiological Week (EW) 29   the country registered a daily average of 1,081 cases and for EW 31 it went to an average of 809 infections per day.

In the report, the regional body also highlights that the young population is the one that reports the most cases with more than two infections among those under 30 years of age for each case that occurs in those over 60 years of age.

PAHO: Panama registers a plateau of Covid-19 cases with a downward trend

In addition, it is highlighted that in the groups between the ages of 40 and over 70, infections fall in the approximate range of 800 to 300 cases in the last week.

PAHO also shows that Panama has a low incidence of active cases both in the region and worldwide. The country’s figures reflect 251.3 active cases per 100,000 inhabitants, this week it ranks 51st.

“In EW31, 10,903 active cases were reported, representing a decrease of 20.3% compared to the EW29 report,” reported PAHO.