Havana, Cuba: At midnight yesterday, January 18, 9 thousand 486 patients were admitted for clinical epidemiological surveillance, 4 thousand 242 suspects, 894 under surveillance and 4 thousand 350 confirmed, the website of the Ministry of Public Health publishes.
For COVID-19, 12,676 samples were studied, resulting in 330 positive samples. The country accumulates one million 713 thousand 810 samples made and 18 thousand 773 positive.
Of the total number of cases (330): 304 were contacts of confirmed cases; 9 with a source of infection abroad; on day 17 without a specified source of infection. Of the 330 cases diagnosed, 166 were female and 164 male.
50.3% (166) of the 330 positive cases were asymptomatic, accumulating a total of 11,443, representing 60.9% of those confirmed to date.
Of the total cases of the day, 20 (6%) are linked to international travelers, accumulating 6,423, which represents 57% of the total cases since November 15.
The 330 diagnosed cases belong to the age groups: under 20 years: 38; from 20 to 39 years: 129; from 40 to 59 years: 103; 60 and over: 60.
Residence by province and municipalities of confirmed cases:
Artemisa: 5 cases
• San Antonio de los Baños: 4 (contacts of confirmed cases).
• Güira: 1 (contact of a confirmed case).
Havana: 83 cases
• 10 de Octubre: 7 (contacts of confirmed cases).
• Arroyo Naranjo: 11 (contacts of confirmed cases).
• Boyeros: 9 (contacts of confirmed cases).
• Centro Habana: 4 (3 contacts of confirmed cases and 1 imported).
• Cerro: 8 (contacts of confirmed cases).
• Cotorro: 5 (contacts of confirmed cases).
• Guanabacoa: 2 (1 confirmed case contact and 1 imported).
• Habana del Este: 2 (contacts of confirmed cases).
• Habana Vieja: 3 (contacts of confirmed cases).
• La Lisa: 5 (3 contacts of confirmed cases and 2 without a specified source of infection).
• Marianao: 4 (3 contacts of confirmed cases and 1 imported).
• Playa: 10 (9 contacts of confirmed cases and 1 without a specified source of infection).
• Plaza de la Revolución: 6 (contacts of confirmed cases).
• Regla: 3 (contacts of confirmed cases).
• San Miguel del Padrón: 4 (contacts of confirmed cases).
Mayabeque: 13 cases
• Madruga: 7 (contacts of confirmed cases).
• Quivicán: 2 (contacts of confirmed cases).
• Güines: 1 (without specified source of infection).
• Batabanó: 1 (confirmed case contact).
• San José: 1 (contact of confirmed case).
• Santa Cruz del Norte: 1 (contact of confirmed case).
Matanzas: 23 cases
• Cárdenas: 10 (9 contacts of confirmed cases and 1 imported).
• Colon: 2 (contacts of confirmed cases).
• Los Arabos: 3 (contacts of confirmed cases).
• Matanzas: 8 (contacts of confirmed cases).
Cienfuegos: 9 cases
• Cienfuegos: 9 (contacts of confirmed cases).
Villa Clara: 8 cases
• Santa Clara: 8 (contacts of confirmed case)
Sancti Spíritus: 3 cases
• Cabaiguán: 2 (contacts of confirmed case)
• Sancti Spíritus: 1 (contact of confirmed case)
Ciego de Ávila: 7 cases
• Ciego de Ávila: 7 (6 contacts of confirmed cases and 1 imported)
Camaguey: 4 cases
• Camagüey: 4 (2 imported and 2 without a specified source of infection)
Las Tunas: 3 cases
• Las Tunas: 2 (contacts of confirmed case)
• Jesús Menéndez: 1 (contact of confirmed case)
Granma: 3 cases
• Bayamo: 2 (no source of infection specified)
• Buey Arriba: 1 (contact of confirmed case)
Holguín: 7 cases
• Holguín: 2 (1 contact with confirmed cases and 1 without a specified source of infection)
• Moa: 5 (confirmed case contacts)
Santiago de Cuba: 38 cases
• Contramaestre: 1 (confirmed case contact)
• Guamá: 4 (contacts of confirmed cases)
• San Luis: 1 (contact of confirmed case)
• Santiago de Cuba: 28 (21 contacts of confirmed cases and 7 without a specified source of infection)
• Songo La Maya: 4 (3 contacts of confirmed cases and 1 without a specified source of infection)
Guantanamo: 124 cases
• El Salvador: 1 (contact of confirmed cases)
• Guantánamo: 117 (115 contacts of confirmed cases and 2 imported)
• Manuel Tames: 2 (contacts of confirmed cases)
• Niceto Pérez: 3 (contacts of confirmed cases)
• San Antonio del Sur: 1 (contact of confirmed cases)
Of the 18 thousand 773 patients diagnosed with the disease, 4 thousand 350, 4 thousand 309 with stable clinical evolution remain hospitalized. 175 deaths are reported (two in the day), two evacuated, 32 returned to their countries, 417 discharges of the day, 14,214 recovered patients accumulate (75.7%). Forty-one confirmed patients are treated in intensive care, 22 of them critical and 19 seriously ill.
Until January 18, 189 countries (=) with cases of COVID-19 are reported, it amounts to 95 million 990 thousand 91 confirmed cases (+ 530 thousand 148) with 21 million 851 thousand 62 active cases and 2 million 48 thousand 611 deaths (+ 9,528) for a fatality of 2.13 (=).
In the region of the Americas, 42 million 782 thousand 538 confirmed cases are reported (+ 228 thousand 703), 44.56% of the total cases reported in the world, with 11 million 553 thousand 465 active cases and 978 thousand 771 deaths ( + 3,567) for a lethality of 2.28 (-0.01).
