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Published Monday, March 16,
2020 - updated at 1:00 p.m.
BREAKING:Number of coronavirus cases rise to 41 The Ministry of Health confirmed, a few minutes ago in a press conference, 41 cases of persons infected with the coronavirus covid-19 in the country. Four of the infected patients are still hospitalized. Three of those four are in delicate health in intensive care. The name of the hospital where these patients are being treated was not provided by authorities. According to the statistics provided by authorities, of the 41 patients, 20 are women (49%) and 21 are men (51%). Concerning nationality, 35 are Costa Rican and six are foreigners. Authorities did not provide further information on the condition of the patients. In the case of foreigners, the country of origin was also not reported or the dates or what further information about flights the people used to arrive in the country. However, last week, three U.S. citizens were confirmed as infected patients. The ages of patients infected with covid-19 range from as young as 10 to as old as 87. Among these are a 10-year-old girl, a 13-year-old boy, and two more children under the age of 13. There is also a U.S. woman, 73, and a Costa Rican woman, 70, as well as an 87-year-old patient. The rest of the 32 infected are adults. Local patients are from the districts of Desamparados, Escazú, Santa Ana, San José Centro, Pérez Zeledón, Tibás, Santa Cruz, Nicoya, Póas, Grecia, Alajuela Centro, Barva, Belén, Heredia Centro, San Pablo, and La Union. Authorities decided not to publish the city where each patient is in quarantine or the information about how the patients were infected. Authorities decided not to publish a summary of the new cases. "After the 20 people confirmed with coronavirus are surpassed, the instruction of the Surveillance Department is to provide only the information in ranges," said the ministry's press department. Even though the ministry decided not to publish the total number of suspects, authorities confirmed that the 615 people classified as suspects were ruled out. Specialists are in the process of confirming or ruling out more coronavirus suspected cases using lab tests. It is expected that updated information about new cases will be provided tomorrow.  Last week, covid-19 was classified as a pandemic by the World Health Organization, WHO. Today were 179,829 cases reported coronavirus covid-19 cases globally, where 7,071 patients died and 78,292 patients in total recovery, according to the most current information from WHO. In China, where the virus was first detected, 3,213 patients died. The top 10 countries with deaths of coronavirus covid-19 reported outside of China are in Italy with 2,158 , Iran with 853, Spain with 335, 127 in France, 75 in S.Korea, the U.S. with 73, the U.K. with 36, Japan with 27 and Netherlands with 24. ------------------------------- Have you heard about provisions for schools in your community? We would like to know your thoughts on this story. Send your comments to news@amcostarica.com |
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