Puerto Rico makes day with 16 deaths from COVID-19

the Department of Health has revealed this Tuesday, yes daily monitoring report at VOCID-19, what 16 people died due to the virus, Which brings the total death toll to 2,758.

The deaths are reported in Bayamón where four women died: one 47 years old, another 50 years old and two 87 years old. A 50-year-old man and a 70-year-old woman died in Caguas. Six deaths were recorded in the Mayagüez region: four women aged 61, 76, 86 and 68 years and two men aged 50 and 96 years. Meanwhile, three women aged 70, 75 and 86 were reported dead in the metropolitan area.

At the moment 530 people are hospitalized, of which 494 are adults and 36 minors.

Positive cases recorded by molecular testing reach 432, while probable cases after an antigen test remain at 326.

At the time two million, 282,000, 038 people have a dose of the vaccine and one million, 971,000, 606 people have the completed dose series.

The data in the report covers the period from 8 to 22 August.

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