the Department of Health report time this morning, Wednesday, that no additional deaths from coronavirus, COVID-19, had been reported, In the last 24 hours. However, after several hours the agency corroborated the fact that there are 16 new deaths, According to his daily monitoring report. These deaths bring the death toll to 3,044.
These are 10 men and six women. The bulk of the deaths were recorded in the metro area, where five men between the ages of 40 and 68 died. He is followed by Arecibo with two men aged 46 and 66 and a woman aged 75. In Mayaguez, two men aged 69 and 81 died and in Bayamón two women aged 55 and 68 years.
Meanwhile, Fajardo was reported the death of a 55-year-old man i a woman of 81. For its part, in Ponce. an 81-year-old woman lost her life to the disease. In the same way, another 83-year-old woman from outside Puerto Rico died as a result of the virus.
Hospitalizations, meanwhile, dropped. 355 were reported yesterday and 337 today. Of these, 314 correspond to adults and 23 are minors.
Of the people hospitalized, 90 are in intensive care, Including 1 minor and 71 connected to fan.
The report if reported an increase in positive cases recorded after a molecular test. For yesterday there were 225 positive cases, today there are 232, while the probable cases after an antigen test increased from 111 to 115.
At present, two million, 418,000, 134 people have a dose of the vaccine. Another two million, 124 Thousand, 809 people have their dose series completed.
The data in this report cover the period from August 30 to September 13.