Overcrowding is compounding the fight against COVID-19 and Health authorities of Parque Lefevre found more than 20 people with coronavirus in a residence during a tracing mission on  Saturday, September  12.

Neighbors colloquially call the area of Panama Viejo "the mousetrap" because of the number of small rooms and subdivided houses, in which dozens of people live.

In one where 52 people live, there were 22 cases of COVID-19, especially in children.

One man who lives there and constantly roamed the streets refused to be tested. With police assistance, he was removed to a hospital hotel for quarantine and  treatment.