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(CNN Spanish) - The Minister of Public Health of the Dominican Republic, Rafael Sánchez Cárdenas, reported that 2,349 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus rose to 2,349, an increase of 238 infections in the last day. The death toll rose from 108 to 118 this Thursday.
So far, 17 prisoners have tested positive, according to the Attorney General's Office. Of the 41 correctional facilities in the country, two prisons present covid-19 cases.
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In the La Victoria prison in Santo Domingo, built for 2,000 prisoners and housing 8,000 inmates, the number of those infected rose to 15, according to authorities. At the moment, 49 deprived of liberty have been transferred to isolation centers. In this prison, Public Health has carried out 838 tests of the 1,000 they are going to carry out. The Attorney General's Office indicated that 15 were indeterminate and will repeat the virus detection tests.
Meanwhile, in the public prison of San Francisco de Macorís, in the Duarte province, the only one militarily isolated in the country, the authorities report a suspicious death by covid-19 and are awaiting the results.
However, two of the deceased's four cellmates have tested positive for coronavirus.
Health unions in Colombia ask not to be discriminated against 2:20This Thursday, the Health Minister reported, at a press conference, that the health authorities have already started an operation, according to the planning of the contact maps, to detect and eradicate the covid-19 virus, in the municipality of San Francisco Macorís . In the last epidemiological bulletin, the Duarte province records 196 coronavirus cases and 40 deaths.
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