Healthcare in Puerto Rico

Spread of the corona virus in Puerto Rico

Current incidence in the week ending 10/07/2022: 122.3 new infections per 100,000 population

Since the beginning of the pandemic until October 7th, 2022, a total of 147,820 infected people and 2,585 deaths have been reported in Puerto Rico.

The total of 147,820 infected people currently represents 5.2% of the total population. The number of new infections during the seven days preceding October 7th, 2022, was 3,499, for a 7-day incidence of 122.3 cases per 100,000 population. In the same week, 16 people died from (or with) Covid-19. Since the outbreak of the pandemic, this results in a mortality rate of about 1.7 percent in Puerto Rico.

Current vaccination status

According to official WHO data, a total of 7.59 million vaccine doses have been administered as of September 16th, 2022. More recent data are not yet available to WHO. 3.11 million people have received at least one vaccination (108.6%). The booster vaccination was received by 1.67 million people (58.2%).

2.71 million of these are considered fully vaccinated in Puerto Rico (= 94.7%).
This makes Puerto Rico one of the best-supplied countries in the world. The vaccination rate is higher in 7 countries.

The data (apart from arithmetical rounding) are taken unchanged from WHO publications. Vaccination rates of over 100% are an indication that people were also counted who had been vaccinated in Puerto Rico but came from another country. Especially in times of vaccine shortage, many people have been vaccinated in other countries.

Due to the current corona pandemic, we update the worldwide case numbers daily. A list of all infected and dead people by country can be found on our Covid19 virus topic page.