Through May 20, Costa Rica registers 15 new cases of Covid-19 for a total 897 confirmed cases, involving 414 women and 483 men. However, 582 of these patients are already recovered.

On Monday the number of new cases informed by the Ministry of Health was of 16. “We had an important curve that began mid-March, we applied the sanitary measures and people began to understand the importance of social distancing and we were able to bring down the numbers, but look at what is happening in the last weeks, we reached a very low point, but the average of cases per week is once again beginning to increase”, said the Minister of Health, Daniel Salas.

Thirteen people remain hospitalized, five of which are in the intensive care unit.

The total number of cargo drivers that have been diagnosed at the border and denied entry to the country is up to 46 plus 4 more that were not received by Nicaragua because they were foreigners and therefore had to be located in an isolation center in Costa Rica.

“The route Costa Rica has taken is to make health a priority, we know that the economic impact will have a repercussion, but we don’t want a large number of people to die one day because they don’t have access to the intensive care units they require”, concluded Salas.