A patient under the age of 10 is hospitalized for COVID-19

Another minor was admitted to an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) after complications from the disease COVID-19, reported today, wednesday, Health Department in his daily report on the advance of the virus in Puerto Rico.

The agency’s spokeswoman, Michelle de la Cruz, confirmed this The new day that it is a patient under 10 years of age who is in a stable condition. In this way, the minor became the second to be admitted to intensive care this week.

The first, according to the agency, was a teenager who also remained stable until yesterday. For confidentiality reasons, Salud did not provide further details on either case. The agency was unable to disclose whether they have pre-existing conditions.

According to the health data, To date, 6,200 confirmed positive cases have been reported among adolescents 10 to 19 years of age and 4,048 among children 10 years of age and under.

According to health statistics, the country’s hospitals have 72 intensive care beds and 143 ventilation equipment for children.

Meanwhile, the number of adults admitted today was 450, of which 80 are in intensive care and 70 are connected to a ventilator.

Puerto Rico adds a total of 71,342 confirmed positive cases, 4,546 probable positive cases and 55,473 presumed positive cases. Meanwhile, the number of dead was estimated at 1,484.