Health reports five new deaths and 354 cases confirmed by COVID-19

He COVID-19 killed another five people and the total number of deaths from the virus rose to 1,783, the Health Department.

According to the agency’s daily report, the deaths occurred between January 23 and 25.

New deaths reported:

• 80-year-old man from the Bayamón region
• 56-year-old male from the Caguas region
• 90-year-old woman from the Caguas region
• 90-year-old woman from the Caguas region
• 51-year-old male from the Caguas region

“The number of additional deaths should not be interpreted as being in the past 24 hours. Likewise, it is important to note that the total number of deaths may vary as the causes of death registration and codification processes take place, which can take several days. ”Health warned in its report.

The agency also registered 354 new confirmed positive cases, 75 probable positive cases, and 418 presumptive positive cases.. The samples from these cases were taken between January 10 and January 24. Given that the total of confirmed cases is 85,551 and the probable 6,518, there are 66,734 suspects.

The total number of confirmed cases was adjusted after Salud added 83 cases before January 10. Likewise, the agency corrected for all probable cases by subtracting 39 cases that had passed a positive molecular test. The agency also adjusted the total of suspected cases after subtracting 37 cases with a positive molecular test and adding one case to a sample taken on January 8

Meanwhile, the number of patients hospitalized for COVID-19 remained at 312, 54 of whom are confined to an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and 43 are connected to a ventilator.

To date, the country’s hospitals have 219 intensive care beds and 874 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 were positive in the serological test and that do not have a 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 has been diagnosed with COVID-19 through an antigen test or whose clinical picture meets the criteria to believe he had COVID-19 but has never had a molecular or antigen test to determine virus. Suspicious death, meanwhile, refers to the death of a person in which a specific antibody is detected in serum, plasma, or through a serological test using their blood.