Panama recorded its highest daily death toll from  the coronavirus on Friday  July 3, bringing the total in the past five days to 94 with 4,309 new cases.

On Monday, June 29, there were  1,099 new cases and until Friday the daily figure, provided by the Ministry of Health (Minsa), did not drop below 700 cases.

The total number of recorded cases since the virus first struck the country  in March is 35,995