At the close of Wednesday, January 5, Panama’s  Health Ministry (Minsa) reported that there were no deaths from covid- 19  but new infections soared to 4,372 bringing the total of active cases to 22,352 with 246 hospitalized (212 in wards and 34 in ICU.)

Those who are in isolation are divided into 21,859 at home and 247 in hotels.

This Wednesday 21,991 tests were applied for positivity of 20%.