Over 14,000 Covid cases, 352 deaths as quarantine ends

 
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The number of people who have been infected with  COVI-19 in Panama rose to 14,095 on Tuesday, June 2 with  258 new cases. The number of deaths climbed to 352.

The average rate of new infections  is  250 and with the lifting of quarantine, some health authorities foresee a rise in new cases unless the population abides by the bio-security guidelines.

It is necessary for each of us to put that little grain of sand, we have three tools, stay at home, wash our hands and alcohol gel, and the obligatory use of masks," said Lourdes Moreno, director of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Health.

On the 85th day of the confirmation of the first coronavirus case in the country, 3,842

people are in home isolation, 598 in hotels, 391 hospitalized, and 77 in intensive care.

Accumulated cases are in the age ranges: 20 to 39 years (6,229), from 40 to 59 years (4,560), and from 60 to 79 years (1,574).

Deaths are concentrated in the age ranges of 40 to 59 years (69), 60 to 79 years (164), and over 80 years of age (87).