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 Published Friday, September 4, 2020 27 mayors will apply a
covid-19 containment plan By the A.M. Costa Rica staff A team made up of government representatives, mayors, and officials of the National Emergency Commission announced the campaign, "Costa Rica works and takes care of itself.” This is a plan to apply the health guidelines to prevent contagion by covid-19 in their communities. The cantons where the plan will be applied are Alajuela, Naranjo, Poás, San Carlos, Rio Cuarto, Barva, Santo Domingo, Flores, San Pablo, Cartago, La Unión, Oreamuno, Pococí, San José, Curridabat, Desamparados, Aserrí, Heredia, Alajuelita, Escazú, Santa Ana, Mora, Acosta, Goicoechea, Tibás, Coronado and Corredores. Of these, 24 cantons are on Orange Alert due to a quick increase of infected people. The plan for the application of the sanitary guidelines issued by the Ministry of Health was taken as the basis of the successful experiences that the municipalities have had in reinforcing security in their cantons. “It is intended to focus on the cantons that have a high hospital occupancy and a top registry of positive cases due to covid-19, the strengthening of actions between institutions to have a coordination between local governments and the authorities of the different institutions to have a more precise approach in those territories,” said Alexander Solís, President of the Commission. This plan "Costa Rica works and takes care of itself" will have a review every 15 days to analyze compliance with sanitary measures, the reduction of the transmission of cases and the responsibility of the people of the communities. The government faces a constant struggle in trying to contain the spread of covid-19 that continues expanding throughout the country causing a high number of infected patients as well as deaths.  As of Thursday afternoon, the Ministry of Health provided the following statistics on the status of the virus in the country: • 1,153 new covid-19 cases, bringing the total to 26,143 active cases. The ages of patients infected range from a three-month-old baby to a 99-year-old person. • 9,966 foreign-born people have been infected of the total 44,458 cases since March, approximately 22.4% of the total cases. • 463 patients are being treated in public hospitals, where 161 patients are in Intensive Care Units in delicate health conditions (ages range from 11 to an 83-year-old person), 302 patients are in recovery rooms. Most of the infected patients are quarantined in their homes. • 17,855 coronavirus patients have fully recovered, which is a 40.2% recovery rate. • 97,754 people have been ruled out. • 156,466 medical covid-19 tests have been made. • 460 deaths of people infected with covid-19 since March, approximately 1% death rate. Of these 176 were women and 284 men. The ages range from 19 to a 100-year-old person. As of Aug. 31, authorities confirmed the death of 31 foreign-born patients. The youngest and most recent victim was a 19-year-old immigrant who lived in Guanacaste Province. On July 30, the ministry announced they would not provide updated information on immigrants who died from covid-19 in the country, which at the time authorities reported 30 foreign-born people had died from that virus since March. Readers can see the updated number of total patients in each district at the National Distance Education University on its Covid-19 Map.  As of Thursday night, the pandemic has killed 867,219 patients worldwide, according to recent statistics reported by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University. ---------------------------- What else can the government and population do to avoid the spread of covid-19? We would like to know your thoughts on this story. Send your comments to news@amcostarica.com |
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