Health does not report deaths from COVID-19 for the second consecutive day

He Health Department reported no additional deaths from the COVID-19Therefore, the total number of fatalities related to the virus remains at 1,703.

This is the second consecutive day that the agency has not reported any new deaths from the disease.

Health It added 460 confirmed positive cases, 442 suspected positive cases and 83 probable positive cases to the daily report..

“The number of additional confirmed cases since the last report does not mean that these cases are consistent with the last 24 hours,” said Salud.

This given, The total of confirmed cases was 81,855, while the probable cases are 6,084. The total of the suspected cases is 62,379.

The total number of confirmed cases was adjusted after adding two infections before January 2, 2021 and deducting a duplicate case. Likewise, they adjusted the probable cases total by subtracting 43 cases with a positive molecular test and adding 57 cases before January 2, 2021. The universe of suspected cases was also adjusted by subtracting 53 cases that yielded a positive molecular test and 20 cases that had a positive antigen test. They also added 45 cases before January 2, 2021 and subtracted seven duplicate cases.

Meanwhile, The number of hospital patients for the virus was 348, 15 fewer than yesterday. Of that total, 60 are locked in an intensive care unit and 53 are connected to a ventilator.

To date, the country’s hospitals have 262 intensive care beds and 840 adult ventilation equipment available.

According to the agency, the term confirmed positive case refers to infections whose result has been validated by a PCR (molecular) test. The likely case is one whose disease positive result was obtained by antigen testing. Meanwhile, suspected cases, also known as antibody results, are those that have a positive serological test and no positive molecular or antigen test.

In addition, the agency explained that a death confirmed by COVID-19 corresponds to the death of a person with one or more positive molecular tests. Probable death is the death of a patient who was diagnosed with COVID-19 through an antigen test or whose clinical picture meets the criteria to believe he had COVID-19 but never had a molecular or antigen test to detect it virus. Suspicious death, meanwhile, refers to the death of a person where a specific antibody is detected in serum, plasma, or through a serological test using their blood.