Deaths from the coronavirus, COVID-19, continue to rise amid a rise in cases due to the delta variant of the virus.
In the latest report from the Department of Health, the agency reported 20 deaths, with the Mayagüez regions and the metropolitan area being the hardest hit and young people as well as older adults.
Among the dead are a man and a woman aged 26 and 31 respectively, being the youngest on the list, followed by someone aged 41 and 54, all from the Mayaguez region. In addition, other deaths were identified in the same area, two aged 93, 66, 73, 79 and 87.
While in the metropolitan area, people aged 59, 72, two aged 80 and 98 were identified.
In the other regions two deaths were identified being of the ages of 64 and 74 in Bayamón, 64 and 90 in Caguas, and 56 and 93 in Caguas.