The platform will be updated starting tomorrow.
Dr. Carlos Mellado, secretary of the Department of Health. Photo: Journal of Medicine and Public Health.
“Is update presents the most accurate information, since it takes into account the state of vaccinationproviding the distinction of “unvaccinated”, “without vaccination at day” and “with up-to-date vaccination,” said the Dr. Carlos Mellado, Health Secretary in the press release.
This is a recommendation stipulated by the Centers for Disease Control y Prevention and adopted by Health Departmentwhich is why you updated your portal data (dashboard) to adequately represent the statistics of COVID-19 in the vaccination sections and the component of deaths in your update daily.
“We continue to promote transparency with accurate data that encourages objective and reliable information. It is important to break down the barriers of misinformation. By presenting the data with this definition, the data will be aligned with the reality that we are living. The importance of keeping vaccination up-to-date, as it can save lives, especially for vulnerable populations,” he added. Jagged.
The platform will be updated starting tomorrow. The component of deaths, in the section of Daily update and the vaccination section, will present the updated data taking into account the current vaccination status.
Mellado thanked the experts from the Office of Epidemiology and Surveillancewho, together with the vaccination team, “have managed to present on a daily basis the update of the states of vaccination under the new definitions. We will continue to work on updating the data to provide the most accurate information,” she added.
The Department of Health invites citizens to access the link https://covid19datos.salud.gov.pr to stay up to date on COVID-19 data in the Islaincluding vaccination, deaths, hospitalizations, tests performed, positivity, COVID-19 cases, genomic surveillance, and others.
