Havana: The national director of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Public Health of Cuba, Dr. Francisco Durán, reported this Thursday one deceased and 1,013 samples positive for Covid-19 during the last 24 hours, for an accumulated of 76 thousand 276 diagnoses since the beginning of the disease in the nation.
During his usual press conference, the specialist reported that at the close of yesterday 23,333 patients were admitted, of them 3,332 suspects, 15,399 in epidemiological surveillance and 4,302 confirmed.
Durán explained that the country carried out 20,914 samples the day before for a cumulative of 3 million 005 thousand 178 samples analyzed.
The epidemiologist announced that, of 1,13 patients, 434 were asymptomatic at the time of diagnosis, 991 have a source of infection in previously confirmed cases, 1 have a source of infection abroad and in 21 people the source of infection is unknown. One thousand 12 patients were reported autochthonous.
Of the total confirmed, 385 are male and 431 female. Regarding the age groups, 177 patients were diagnosed under 19 years of age and 583 in pediatric ages remain active hospitalized. In the ages of 19 to 39 years, 303 cases were confirmed, between 40 and 59 years about 348 cases and 185 people older than 60 years.
Residence by province of the confirmed cases:
Pinar del Río 35, Artemisa 21, Havana 490, Mayabeque 13, Matanzas 96, Cienfuegos 27, Villa Clara 9, Sancti Spíritus 38, Ciego de Ávila 11, Camagüey 30, Las Tunas 7, Granma 154, Holguín: 10, Santiago de Cuba 62, Guantanamo 10
He specified that, of the 76 thousand 276 patients diagnosed with the disease since the beginning of it, 4 thousand 302 remain admitted, of which 4 thousand 228 with stable clinical evolution. 425 deaths are reported (1 in the last day) for a fatality of 0.55. The two evacuees remain, 54 returnees and 71 thousand 493 recovered patients accumulate (879 discharges of the day). 31 patients in critical condition and 43 patients in serious condition are reported.