[News] Cases of coronavirus in Ecuador, as of Friday, December 4: 196,482 confirmed and 13,696 deaths

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The Ministry of Public Health (MSP) of Ecuador reported 598 new confirmed cases of coronavirus and 84 additional deaths related to this disease, this Friday, December 4, 2020.

The MSP presented the results of 4,190 tests processed in the last 24 hours. Of these, 598 (14%) were positive and 3,592 (86%) were negative. With this, the confirmed cases amount to 196,482 and those discarded, to 429,662.

In the last two weeks, more cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Galapagos (where they grew 248%), Santa Elena (16%) and Cañar (10%). The authorities indicated that there is no new outbreak in the archipelago, but that the increase is due to the delay in updating the data in the MSP's computer system.

With today's report, the deaths related to COVID-19 rise to 13,696 (84 more than yesterday): 9,200 confirmed deaths due to the virus and 4,496 probable. The MSP reported 71 new confirmed deaths today. Most of these were located in Guayas (21), Tungurahua (18) and Manabí (12). In a statement, the Ministry indicated that they are not recent deaths, but from previous weeks.

So far 666,724 samples have been taken, of which 40,580 are dammed, without results in official reports. Ecuador is, along with Bolivia, the country in the region that performs the fewest tests per number of inhabitants.

The MSP registered 169,804 recovered patients last Sunday. The Ministry explained that these are people who, 29 days after diagnosis, are still alive. The government will update this figure every week.

See how the deaths and confirmed cases of COVID-19 have evolved in each province. Click on each circle to see details.

Until November 29, the Civil Registry figures reported 39,218 deaths above the average of the previous two years, only during the pandemic, according to an analysis carried out by EL UNIVERSO. Deaths from all causes are registered in the Civil Registry. Santa Elena and Azuay are the provinces with the highest mortality rates in recent weeks. See how deaths have evolved in your province.