Tocumen remains the district with the most active cases
In the latest report from the Ministry of Health (Minsa) 11 August, on the advance of the coronavirus in the country, it is specified that Tocumen remains the district with the most active cases, despite the fact that in recent weeks the transmission rate is falling.
Israel Cedeño, director of the Metropolitan Health Region, explained in the weekly report on the virus transmission index, on Tuesday, that Tocumen had 205 active cases. This runs from August 2 to 8.
We have townships such as Tocumen, which for many weeks had been marked as the township with the most active cases, it is still the township in the metropolitan region with the most accumulated cases, but as of today [Tuesday] the Rt continues to drop, now marking 0.89, Cedeño stated.
We also have Arraiján, which now fell to 0.81, Río Abajo to 0.80 and Betania to 0.79, he continued.
In addition, Cedeño gave the report on the townships in the interior of the country that have registered an increase in new cases in the last week of the report.
Among them are Bocas del Toro with 54 new infections, Aguadulce (Coclé) 53, Cañazas (Veraguas) 38, David (Chiriquí) 31 and Canto del Llano (Veraguas) 29.
It was reported that the cumulative death toll in the country is 1,680 and that of cases is 76,464.
In addition, that the effective reproductive number of cases (Rt) or average value of the contagion rate went from 1.13 to 1.07 in the epidemiological week from August 2 to 8. Ideally, the Rt is 1 or less than 1.
We have townships such as Tocumen, which for many weeks had been marked as the township with the most active cases, it is still the township in the metropolitan region with the most accumulated cases, but as of today [Tuesday] the Rt continues to drop, now marking 0.89, Cedeño stated.
We also have Arraiján, which now fell to 0.81, Río Abajo to 0.80 and Betania to 0.79, he continued.
In addition, Cedeño gave the report on the townships in the interior of the country that have registered an increase in new cases in the last week of the report.
Among them are Bocas del Toro with 54 new infections, Aguadulce (Coclé) 53, Cañazas (Veraguas) 38, David (Chiriquí) 31 and Canto del Llano (Veraguas) 29.
It was reported that the cumulative death toll in the country is 1,680 and that of cases is 76,464.
In addition, that the effective reproductive number of cases (Rt) or average value of the contagion rate went from 1.13 to 1.07 in the epidemiological week from August 2 to 8. Ideally, the Rt is 1 or less than 1.