Costa Rica suffered 42 new coronavirus-related deaths between Wednesday and Friday for a total of 1,773, according to official data released Friday afternoon by the Health Ministry.
The Costa Rican Social Security System (CCSS) on Wednesday conducted a large-scale transfer of coronavirus patients from a saturated Escalante Pradilla Hospital in Pérez Zeledón.
Pfizer and BioNTech said their experimental Covid-19 vaccine protected 95 percent of people against the disease and announced they were applying for US emergency approval within days.
Costa Rica on Tuesday issued a State of Emergency, a move which will help the National Emergency Commission (CNE) take administrative, operational and economic measures to assist the country's recovery from Hurricane Eta.
Costa Rica's National Emergency Commission (CNE) announced changes to the coronavirus alert levels of several cantons. These changes take effect starting Wednesday, September 8.
