Havana, Cuba: At midnight yesterday, April 27, a total of 21,988 patients were admitted, 4,348 suspects, 12,334 under surveillance and 5,306 confirmed active, the official website of the Minsap reports.
For COVID-19, 21,441 samples were studied, resulting in 988 positive samples. The country accumulates 3 million 586 thousand 214 samples carried out and 104 thousand 512 positive (2.91%).
Of the total number of cases (988): 950 (96.1%) were contacts of confirmed cases; 26 (2.6%) with a source of infection abroad; 12 (1.2%) with no specified source of infection.
Of the 988 diagnosed cases, 484 (48.9%) were female, and 504 (51.0%) were male.
46.1% (456) of the 988 positive cases were asymptomatic, accumulating a total of 52 thousand 669, which represents 50.3% of those confirmed to date.
The 988 diagnosed cases belong to the age groups: under 20 years old, (161), 20 to 39 years old, (318), 40 to 59 years old, (347) and 60 and over, (162).
Distribution by provinces and municipalities of confirmed cases:
Pinar del Río: 11, Artemisa: 23, Havana: 573, Mayabeque: 14, Matanzas: 95, Cienfuegos: 12, Villa Clara: 1, Sancti Spíritus: 23, Ciego de Ávila: 3, Camagüey: 18, Las Tunas: 10, Granma: 41, Holguín: 110, Santiago de Cuba: 46, Guantánamo: 8.
Of the 104 thousand 512 patients diagnosed with the disease, 5 thousand 306 remain hospitalized, of which 5 thousand 236 with stable clinical evolution. 614 deaths accumulate (ten in the day), for a fatality of 0.58; two evacuees, 54 returned to their countries, on the day there were 1,074 discharges, 98,536 recovered patients accumulated (94.3%). Seventy confirmed patients are cared for in intensive care units, 35 of them critical and 35 seriously ill.
Until April 27, 190 countries and 30 territories with COVID-19 cases are reported, the confirmed cases amount to 149 million 117 thousand 628 (+ 775 thousand 509) with 18 million 706 thousand 726 active cases and 3 million 142 thousand 272 deaths (+ 12 thousand 453) for a fatality of 2.11 (=).
In the region of the Americas, 62 million 353 thousand 194 confirmed cases are reported (+ 139 thousand 549), 41.81% of the total cases reported in the world, with 9 million 110 thousand 567 active cases and one million 510 thousand 747 deceased (+ 3,625) for a fatality of 2.42.
Caption: In Cuba today 988 samples positive for Covid-19. Photo: MINSAP
