Dominican Republic COVID-19 Status as of 16th June 2020

The Dominican Republic on Monday exceeded 600 deaths due to the coronavirus (Covid-19), with most of these deaths being concentrated in 12 municipalities: San Francisco de Macorís, Santo Domingo de Guzmán, Santiago, Santo Domingo Este, Norte y Oeste, La Vega, San Pedro de Macorís, San Cristóbal, La Romana and Salcedo.

However,  El Seibo, Dajabón, and Pedernales are the only three provinces with no death record, also remaining among the towns with the fewest confirmed and accumulated cases of the referred virus.

To date Dominican Republic COVID-19 , in the report of bulletin number 88, it was indicated that they keep their death figures at zero.

In the case of Dajabón located in the (northwest) of the country, it has a total of 12 confirmed cases, El Seibo (in the east) with 35, while Pedernales (in the southwest) has a cumulative of 38.

The Ministry of Public Health reported today that, to date, 23,686 have been infected and 615 have died from the coronavirus in the DR.   

When reading the health bulletin number 89, the Health Minister, Rafael  Sánchez Cárdenas, maintained that in the last  24 hours there have been 415 new cases and 10 new deaths from the disease.   

Likewise, 14,133 people have recovered from the disease, while the case fatality rate stands at 2.60% and the positivity rate at 18.53%.  

By place of residence, 75.12% (462) of the deceased correspond to 12 municipalities: San Francisco de Macorís, Santo Domingo de Guzmán, Santiago, Santo Domingo Este, La Vega, Santo Domingo Norte, Santo Domingo Oeste, Puerto Plata, San Pedro de Macorís, San Cristóbal, Salcedo and La Romana. 

The following is a list of Dominican Republic COVID-19 coronavirus deaths by province in ascending order:

Dajabón  0
Pedernales  0 
El Seibo   0
Bahoruco  1
Elías Piña  1
Independence  1
Monte Cristi   1
Samaná  1
La Altagracia   2
Hato Mayor  2
San José de Ocoa  2 
María Trinidad Sánchez     4
Santiago Rodríguez   4
Monsignor Nouel   5
Barahona   6
Peravia   6
San Juan   7
Monte Plata   7
Espaillat   8
Sánchez Ramírez   8
Valverde   9
Azua   10
La Romana   10
San Pedro de Macorís   14
Hermanas Mirabal   16
San Cristóbal   29
La Vega  32
Puerto Plata  32 
Santiago   79
Duarte   84 
National District   103
Santo Domingo    121

In the report issued this Monday by the Minister of Public Health,  Rafael Sánchez Cárdenas, reported that the deaths in the country amounted to 605,  with 13 new deaths, a total of 23, 271 confirmed cases, with 309 new cases, 14,025 recovered and 87,510 tests administered.

While 110,781 samples were processed, 5,939 people in home isolation and about 2,702 in hospital isolation.

It should be noted that the fatality of Dominican Republic COVID-19 in the country increased from Sunday to Monday from 2.58 percent to 2.60 percent.