The Ministry of Health confirmed during the daily press conference this Saturday, May 2, a total of 735 cases of Covi-19 positive patients. This number includes 351 women and 382 men, 657 are Costa Rican while 76 are foreigners.

There are positive cases in 62 out of the 82 counties in the 7 provinces. By age there are 655 adults, 38 senior citizens and 40 minors

A total 8,932 people have tested negative.

The number of deaths remains at 6, while 16 are hospitalized and 6 remain in the intensive care unit. The hospitalized patients have ages that range between 57 to 75 years of age.

372 people have successfully recovered, testing negative in two tests applied in a 24-hour time frame; this is positive news since this number is higher than the number of current active cases (357).

Health authorities confirmed that some of the last patients diagnosed are Costa Ricans that were out of the country and were recently repatriated.

“We have to remember that people that are repatriated are subjected to a questionnaire and a physical test the moment they enter the country. They are also sent to preventive isolation for 14 days. If any of them have symptoms we immediately take a sample for testing”, explained Daniel Salas, Minister of Health.

The efforts of the Costa Rican government and the solidity of its health system have been recognized and highlighted by international media such as BBC and CNN.