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The reduction in the cases and incidence of Covid-19 registered by most of the country’s provinces is reflected in the decrease in the demand for hospitalizations, yesterday placing the occupation of beds for patients with the disease at 17% of the enabled by the health system.

This is reflected in the epidemiological report number 622 issued yesterday by the Ministry of Public Health, where 379 patients hospitalized in regular Covid-19 beds are registered, both in the public network and in private health facilities, which occupy 17% of the 2,261 enabled beds.

A higher occupancy is reported in intensive care beds, but with a downward trend. The number of patients admitted yesterday was 179, equivalent to 31% of the 585 beds enabled for the care of patients in critical or complex conditions health because of illness.

Of this, 116 patients were under ventilation for the 25% occupancy of the 469 ventilators available in the country.

Las week six new deaths in one day were reported from Covid-19, raising official national records to 4,210 deaths from the pandemic.

Dominican Today