Dominican Republic- To date in the Dominican Republic, men have been the most affected by Covid-19 in the country, with 470 cases out of 901 reported positive for 52 percent, while of the 42 deaths reported 32 were males, or 76 percent, according to official reports, the average age is 60.
“Until yesterday, the epidemiological surveillance system had received the notification of 42 people who died from Covid-19, for a case fatality rate of 5% and 901 confirmed positive cases, of which 136 are hospitalized and 719 are in home isolation and four patients have been discharged after having overcome the disease. The day before, 39 deaths and 859 positive cases had been reported,” Public Health Minister, Rafael Sánchez Cárdenas announced Mon.
He said that of the positive cases 52 percent are men equivalent to 470 cases and in deaths this gender occupies 76%.
The provinces with the highest number of confirmed persons continue to be the National District with 42 percent, Santo Domingo with 12%, Santiago with 11% and Duarte with 10%.
Lay Offs
As of noon on Monday, 8,879 companies had laid off 118,375 workers, a figure that grows by the hour, Labor Minister, Winston Santos, told Diario Libre.
He said there are more and more notices of suspensions and that, just between 8am Monday until noon, more than 10,000 new workers got the pink slip. “In the early hours of Monday, 107,831 workers affected by the suspensions of 8,056 companies were registered.”
The head of Labor office added that he fears the situation will continue. “The temporary deletions of contracts that were registered at the noon cut already represent 5% of the number of people working in the formal sector of the economy, which amounted to 2,299,153 people by the end of 2019.”