COVID-19 pandemic in the Dominican Republic

The COVID-19 pandemic in the Dominican Republic is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was confirmed to have reached the Dominican Republic on 1 March 2020.

Not to be confused with COVID-19 pandemic in Dominica.

COVID-19 pandemic in the Dominican Republic
Confirmed cases by province (as of 24 May 2020)
Confirmed cases per 100 thousand inhabitants (as of 24 May 2020)
Disease	COVID-19
Virus strain	SARS-CoV-2
Location	Dominican Republic
First outbreak	China
Index case	Bayahibe
Arrival date	1 March 2020 (5 months and 2 weeks)
Confirmed cases	27,370[1]
Recovered	15,338[1]
Deaths	669[1]
Government website
digepisalud.gob.do

Background

On 31 December 2019, the Health Commission of Wuhan, Hubei, China, informed the WHO about a cluster of acute pneumonia cases with unknown origin in its province. On 9 January 2020, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CCDC) reported the identification of a novel coronavirus (later identified as the SARS-CoV-2) as the cause.[2] The disease in China affected over 80,000 people, causing over 3,200 deaths (as of March 25, 2020) and has now spread to over 210 countries and territories across the world.[3]

Timeline

COVID-19 cases in the Dominican Republic  ()      Deaths        Recoveries        Active cases Mar Mar Apr Apr May May Jun Jun Jul Jul Aug Aug Last 15 days Last 15 days
Date			# of cases	# of deaths
2020-03-01			1(n.a.)
⋮			1(=)
2020-03-06		​	2(+100%)
2020-03-07		​	2(=)
2020-03-08		​	5(+150%)
⋮		​	5(=)
2020-03-13		​	11(+120%)
⋮		​	11(=)
2020-03-16		​	21(+91%)	1(n.a.)
2020-03-17		​ ​	34(+62%)	2(+100%)
⋮		​ ​	34(=)	2(=)
2020-03-20		​ ​	112(+229%)	3(+50%)
2020-03-21		​ ​	202(+80%)	3(=)
2020-03-22		​ ​	245(+21%)	3(=)
2020-03-23		​ ​	312(+27%)	6(+100%)
2020-03-24		​ ​	392(+26%)	10(+67%)
2020-03-25		​ ​	488(+24%)	10(=)
2020-03-26		​ ​	581(+19%)	20(+100%)
2020-03-27		​ ​	719(+24%)	28(+40%)
2020-03-28		​ ​	859(+19%)	39(+39%)
2020-03-29		​ ​	901(+4.9%)	42(+7.7%)
2020-03-30		​ ​	1,109(+23%)	51(+21%)
2020-03-31		​ ​	1,284(+16%)	57(+12%)
2020-04-01		​ ​ ​	1,380(+7.5%)	60(+5.3%)
2020-04-02		​ ​ ​	1,488(+7.8%)	68(+13%)
2020-04-03		​ ​ ​	1,578(+6%)	77(+13%)
2020-04-04		​ ​ ​	1,745(+11%)	82(+6.5%)
2020-04-05		​ ​ ​	1,828(+4.8%)	86(+4.9%)
2020-04-06		​ ​ ​	1,956(+7%)	98(+14%)
2020-04-07		​ ​ ​	2,111(+7.9%)	108(+10%)
2020-04-08		​ ​ ​	2,349(+11%)	118(+9.3%)
2020-04-09		​ ​ ​	2,620(+12%)	126(+6.8%)
2020-04-10		​ ​ ​	2,759(+5.3%)	135(+7.1%)
2020-04-11		​ ​ ​	2,967(+7.5%)	173(+28%)
2020-04-12		​ ​ ​	3,167(+6.7%)	177(+2.3%)
2020-04-13		​ ​ ​	3,286(+3.8%)	183(+3.4%)
2020-04-14		​ ​ ​	3,614(+10%)	189(+3.3%)
2020-04-15		​ ​ ​	3,755(+3.9%)	196(+3.7%)
2020-04-16		​ ​ ​	4,126(+9.9%)	200(+2%)
2020-04-17		​ ​ ​	4,335(+5.1%)	217(+8.5%)
2020-04-18		​ ​ ​	4,680(+8%)	226(+4.1%)
2020-04-19		​ ​ ​	4,964(+6.1%)	235(+4%)
2020-04-20		​ ​ ​	5,044(+1.6%)	245(+4.3%)
2020-04-21		​ ​ ​	5,300(+5.1%)	260(+6.1%)
2020-04-22		​ ​ ​	5,543(+4.6%)	265(+1.9%)
2020-04-23		​ ​ ​	5,749(+3.7%)	267(+0.75%)
2020-04-24		​ ​ ​	5,926(+3.1%)	273(+2.2%)
2020-04-25		​ ​ ​	6,135(+3.5%)	278(+1.8%)
2020-04-26		​ ​ ​	6,293(+2.6%)	282(+1.4%)
2020-04-27		​ ​ ​	6,416(+2%)	286(+1.4%)
2020-04-28		​ ​ ​	6,652(+3.7%)	293(+2.4%)
2020-04-29		​ ​ ​	6,972(+4.8%)	301(+2.7%)
2020-04-30		​ ​ ​	7,288(+4.5%)	313(+4%)
2020-05-01		​ ​ ​	7,578(+4%)	326(+4.2%)
2020-05-02		​ ​ ​	7,954(+5%)	333(+2.1%)
2020-05-03		​ ​ ​	8,235(+3.5%)	346(+3.9%)
2020-05-04		​ ​ ​	8,480(+3%)	354(+2.3%)
2020-05-05		​ ​ ​	8,807(+3.9%)	362(+2.3%)
2020-05-06		​ ​ ​	9,095(+3.3%)	373(+3%)
2020-05-07		​ ​ ​	9,376(+3.1%)	380(+1.9%)
2020-05-08		​ ​ ​	9,882(+5.4%)	385(+1.3%)
2020-05-09		​ ​ ​	10,347(+4.7%)	388(+0.78%)
2020-05-10		​ ​ ​	10,634(+2.8%)	393(+1.3%)
2020-05-11		​ ​ ​	10,900(+2.5%)	402(+2.3%)
2020-05-12		​ ​ ​	11,196(+2.7%)	409(+1.7%)
2020-05-13		​ ​ ​	11,320(+1.1%)	422(+3.2%)
2020-05-14		​ ​ ​	11,739(+3.7%)	424(+0.47%)
2020-05-15		​ ​ ​	12,110(+3.2%)	428(+0.94%)
2020-05-16		​ ​ ​	12,314(+1.7%)	428(=)
2020-05-17		​ ​ ​	12,725(+3.3%)	434(+1.4%)
2020-05-18		​ ​ ​	13,223(+3.9%)	441(+1.6%)
2020-05-19		​ ​ ​	13,477(+1.9%)	446(+1.1%)
2020-05-20		​ ​ ​	13,657(+1.3%)	448(+0.45%)
2020-05-21		​ ​ ​	13,989(+2.4%)	456(+1.8%)
2020-05-22		​ ​ ​	14,422(+3.1%)	458(+0.44%)
2020-05-23		​ ​ ​	14,801(+2.6%)	458(=)
2020-05-24		​ ​ ​	15,073(+1.8%)	460(+0.44%)
2020-05-25		​ ​ ​	15,264(+1.3%)	468(+1.7%)
2020-05-26		​ ​ ​	15,723(+3%)	474(+1.3%)
2020-05-27		​ ​ ​	16,068(+2.2%)	485(+2.3%)
2020-05-28		​ ​ ​	16,531(+2.9%)	488(+0.62%)
2020-05-29		​ ​ ​	16,908(+2.3%)	498(+2%)
2020-05-30		​ ​ ​	17,285(+2.2%)	502(+0.8%)
2020-05-31		​ ​ ​	17,572(+1.7%)	502(=)
2020-06-01		​ ​ ​	17,752(+1%)	515(+2.6%)
2020-06-02		​ ​ ​	18,040(+1.6%)	516(+0.19%)
2020-06-03		​ ​ ​	18,319(+1.5%)	520(+0.78%)
2020-06-04		​ ​ ​	18,708(+2.1%)	525(+0.96%)
2020-06-05		​ ​ ​	19,195(+2.6%)	536(+2.1%)
2020-06-06		​ ​ ​	19,600(+2.1%)	538(+0.37%)
2020-06-07		​ ​ ​	20,126(+2.7%)	539(+0.19%)
2020-06-08		​ ​ ​	20,415(+1.4%)	544(+0.93%)
2020-06-09		​ ​ ​	20,808(+1.9%)	550(+1.1%)
2020-06-10		​ ​ ​	21,437(+3%)	561(+2%)
2020-06-11		​ ​ ​	22,008(+2.7%)	568(+1.2%)
2020-06-12		​ ​ ​	22,572(+2.6%)	577(+1.6%)
2020-06-13		​ ​ ​	22,962(+1.7%)	592(+2.6%)
2020-06-14		​ ​ ​	23,271(+1.3%)	605(+2.2%)
2020-06-15		​ ​ ​	23,686(+1.8%)	615(+1.7%)
2020-06-16		​ ​ ​	24,105(+1.8%)	633(+2.9%)
2020-06-17		​ ​ ​	24,645(+2.2%)	635(+0.32%)
2020-06-18		​ ​ ​	25,068(+1.7%)	647(+1.9%)
2020-06-19		​ ​ ​	25,778(+2.8%)	655(+1.2%)
2020-06-20		​ ​ ​	26,677(+3.5%)	662(+1.1%)
2020-06-21		​ ​ ​	27,370(+2.6%)	669(+1.1%)
2020-06-22		​ ​ ​	27,936(+2.1%)	675(+0.9%)
2020-06-23		​ ​ ​	28,631(+2.5%)	691(+2.4%)
2020-06-24		​ ​ ​	29,141(+1.8%)	698(+1%)
2020-06-25		​ ​ ​	29,764(+2.1%)	712(+2%)
2020-06-26		​ ​ ​	30,619(+2.9%)	718(+0.84%)
2020-06-27		​ ​ ​	31,373(+2.5%)	726(+1.1%)
2020-06-28		​ ​ ​	31,816(+1.4%)	733(+0.96%)
2020-06-29		​ ​ ​	32,568(+2.4%)	747(+1.9%)
2020-06-30		​ ​ ​	33,387(+2.5%)	754(+0.94%)
2020-07-01		​ ​ ​	34,197(+2.4%)	765(+1.5%)
2020-07-02		​ ​ ​	35,148(+2.8%)	775(+1.3%)
2020-07-03		​ ​ ​	36,184(+2.9%)	786(+1.4%)
2020-07-04		​ ​ ​	37,425(+3.4%)	794(+1%)
2020-07-05		​ ​ ​	38,128(+1.9%)	804(+1.3%)
2020-07-06		​ ​ ​	38,430(+0.79%)	821(+2.1%)
2020-07-07		​ ​ ​	39,588(+3%)	829(+0.97%)
2020-07-08		​ ​ ​	40,790(+3%)	842(+1.6%)
2020-07-09		​ ​ ​	41,915(+2.8%)	864(+2.6%)
2020-07-10		​ ​ ​	43,114(+2.9%)	880(+1.9%)
2020-07-11		​ ​ ​	44,532(+3.3%)	897(+1.9%)
2020-07-12		​ ​ ​	45,506(+2.2%)	903(+0.67%)
2020-07-13		​ ​ ​	46,305(+1.8%)	910(+0.78%)
2020-07-14		​ ​ ​	47,671(+3%)	929(+2.1%)
2020-07-15		​ ​ ​	48,743(+2.2%)	941(+1.3%)
2020-07-16		​ ​ ​	50,113(+2.8%)	942(+0.11%)
2020-07-17		​ ​ ​	51,519(+2.8%)	971(+3.1%)
2020-07-18		​ ​ ​	52,855(+2.6%)	981(+1%)
2020-07-19		​ ​ ​	53,956(+2.1%)	993(+1.2%)
2020-07-20		​ ​ ​	54,797(+1.6%)	999(+0.6%)
2020-07-21		​ ​ ​	56,043(+2.3%)	1,005(+0.6%)
2020-07-22		​ ​ ​	57,615(+2.8%)	1,006(+0.1%)
2020-07-23		​ ​ ​	59,077(+2.5%)	1,036(+3%)
2020-07-24		​ ​ ​	60,896(+3.1%)	1,055(+1.8%)
2020-07-25		​ ​ ​	62,908(+3.3%)	1,063(+0.76%)
2020-07-26		​ ​ ​	64,156(+2%)	1,083(+1.9%)
2020-07-27		​ ​ ​	64,690(+0.83%)	1,101(+1.7%)
2020-07-28		​ ​ ​	66,182(+2.3%)	1,123(+2%)
2020-07-29		​ ​ ​	67,915(+2.6%)	1,146(+2%)
2020-07-30		​ ​ ​	69,649(+2.6%)	1,160(+1.2%)
2020-07-31		​ ​ ​	71,415(+2.5%)	1,170(+0.86%)
2020-08-01		​ ​ ​	72,243(+1.2%)	1,178(+0.68%)
2020-08-02		​ ​ ​	73,117(+1.2%)	1,183(+0.42%)
2020-08-03		​ ​ ​	74,295(+1.6%)	1,213(+2.5%)
2020-08-04		​ ​ ​	75,660(+1.8%)	1,222(+0.74%)
2020-08-05		​ ​ ​	76,536(+1.2%)	1,246(+2%)
2020-08-06		​ ​ ​	77,709(+1.5%)	1,259(+1%)
2020-08-07		​ ​ ​	78,778(+1.4%)	1,289(+2.4%)
2020-08-08		​ ​ ​	79,732(+1.2%)	1,309(+1.6%)
2020-08-09		​ ​ ​	80,499(+0.96%)	1,328(+1.5%)
2020-08-10		​ ​ ​	81,094(+0.74%)	1,346(+1.4%)
2020-08-11		​ ​ ​	82,224(+1.4%)	1,371(+1.9%)
2020-08-12		​ ​ ​	83,134(+1.1%)	1,393(+1.6%)
2020-08-13		​ ​ ​	84,488(+1.6%)	1,409(+1.1%)
2020-08-14		​ ​ ​	85,545(+1.3%)	1,438(+2.1%)
Sources: up to 16 March 2020: various news sources, from 17 March 2020 onwards:

First confirmed cases

On 1 March, the first case in the country and the Caribbean was confirmed. A 62-year-old man from Italy entered the country on 22 February and fell ill on 24 February, when he was transferred to Ramón Lara military hospital from the beach resort of Bayahibe.[4] On 6 March, the second case in the country was confirmed as a Canadian tourist (also vacationing in Bayahibe) was detected.[5] On 8 March, three more cases were confirmed from Dominican tourists that came from a trip to Italy.[6] On 14 March, the Minister of Public Health, Rafael Sánchez Cárdenas, confirmed six new cases. All of the individuals had been outside of the country within the past 14 days.[7]

Local transmission

The first documented case of local transmission seems to have originated from a 56-year old Dominican woman from the town of Villa Riva on Duarte Province [8] who had traveled from Italy to the Dominican Republic on 26 February 2020.[9] The woman, named Oneida Herrera Díaz, refused to be sent to Santo Domingo to be in isolation after receiving her COVID-19 positive diagnosis, returning to her home instead.[10] She seems to have passed on the virus to her neighbour.[11] Two weeks later, Duarte Province confirmed number of cases are only surpassed by the two larger urban centers (Distrito Nacional/Santo Domingo and Santiago) in the number of cases (29) and leads in the number of casualties (4). This cluster of cases seems to have originated around those in close contact with Mrs. Herrera Díaz.[12]

San Pedro Cluster

On the week of 16 March, a number of COVID-19 cases in San Pedro de Macorís Province (including its Senator José Hazim Frappier) and the Armed Forces Colonel Kalil Haché seem to have contracted the virus during a fundraising dinner on Club 2 de Julio in the city of San Pedro de Macorís.[13][14]

Punta Cana wedding

On 14 March, a high-profile wedding in Cap Cana seemed to be the COVID-19 infection source for a number of its attendees, which included many foreign residents. The wedding received a lot of public criticism for having had a "crazy hour" theme mocking the coronavirus concerns.[15] The chancellor of the Dominican Republic, Miguel Vargas Maldonado would have contracted the virus from his son, who attended the said wedding and also contracted COVID-19.[16]

Costa Favolosa cruise ship

Twenty Dominican doctors were exposed to the virus while celebrating their 30-year medical school graduation anniversary on board the Costa Favolosa cruise ship around the Caribbean. They started the journey on March 2, and before landing on 9 March, at least five in the Dominican party presented COVID-19 symptoms, and later tested as positive for the virus.[17]

First death and notorious casualties

The first COVID-19-related death was announced by health authorities on 16 March 2020, of a 47-year old Dominican woman who had recently traveled from Spain [11] On 24 March 2020, renowned designer Jenny Polanco, who tested positive on 15 March, died too.[18][19] On 27 March, Armed Forces Colonel Kalil Haché died at the Ramón de Lara Hospital;[20] the next day his widow died too.[21] Haché was elevated posthumously to the rank of Brigadier General. On 31 March 2020 writer René Rodríguez Soriano died.

Recoveries

On 23 March, the Minister of Public Health reported two recoveries, a 12-year-old child and a 26-year-old woman.[22]

Management

First measures

A number of schools and universities suspended classes due to COVID-19 concerns on March 16 and 17, with many switching to virtual learning platforms.[23]

National measures

On 17 March, President Danilo Medina gave an address to the nation and declared a state of emergency, announcing a series of measures to try and stop the spread of the virus.[24] He ordered all land, sea, and air borders be closed for the next 15 days, taking effect as of 19 March. Additionally, all commercial business activity will be suspended, with the exception of supermarkets, convenience stores, gas stations, and pharmacies. Schools will remain closed through 13 April, and public employees who are 60 years of age or over, or those with a pre-existing health condition, must stay confined to their residences.

On 20 March 2020, the government decreed a mandatory night curfew from 8pm to 6am until 3 April. Only doctors and health workers, journalists, and guardsmen were exempt.[25] However, many residents in the Greater Santo Domingo area resisted the measure; on the first night, 1,714 were arrested during the curfew.[26] On the second night, 2,102 were arrested during the curfew.[27]

On 26 March 2020, the government extended the night curfew schedule to 13 hours: from 5pm to 6am.[28]

Local measures

A number of provinces have decided to limit access to their territories to avoid contagion from COVID-19, such as San José de Ocoa,[29] and El Seibo, which remained case-free (as of 26 March).[30] Other provinces in case-free areas are asking their authorities for similar measures.[31]

International aid

On 3 April 2020, the World Bank released US$150 million to support the Dominican Republic's efforts to contain COVID-19.[32]

Statistics

Confirmed COVID-19 cases as of 05/17/2020.

COVID-19 growth from 03/18/2020 through 05/17/2020. Source: Minister of Public Health

As of 26 of July

Province	Cases	Deaths	Recoveries
Azua	1200	12	538
Baoruco	52	3	17
Barahona	946	9	228
Dajabón	99	3	16
Distrito Nacional	18547	204	7567
Duarte	1336	91	790
El Seibo	134	0	45
Elías Piña	165	1	51
Espaillat	1237	29	656
Hato Mayor	83	4	33
Hermanas Mirabal	336	20	244
Independencia	143	3	65
La Altagracia	2204	4	713
La Romana	1514	10	777
La Vega	2175	47	1185
María Trinidad Sánchez	515	5	206
Monseñor Nouel	646	14	382
Monte Cristi	135	5	53
Monte Plata	155	8	58
Pedernales	174	0	45
Peravia	535	14	164
Puerto Plata	922	51	441
Sánchez Ramírez	845	12	307
Samaná	227	1	154
San Cristóbal	2785	50	1767
San José de Ocoa	168	5	37
San Juan	942	13	284
San Pedro de Macorís	818	14	260
Santiago Rodríguez	150	4	63
Santiago	5451	136	1989
Santo Domingo	15570	278	8648
Valverde	380	13	135
Not specified	2319	0	685
Total	62908	1063	28603
Source: http://digepisalud.gob.do

See also

• COVID-19 pandemic in North America
• COVID-19 pandemic by country
• 2020 in the Caribbean
• Influx of disease in the Caribbean
• HIV/AIDS in Latin America
• 2013–2014 chikungunya outbreak
• 2009 swine flu pandemic
• 2019–2020 dengue fever epidemic

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