Havana, Cuba: The Cuban Ministry of Public Health reports at midnight yesterday, July 18, 59 thousand 434 patients admitted, of them 19 thousand 172 suspects, 5 thousand 687 under surveillance and 34 thousand 575 confirmed active.
In his usual conference, the National Director of Epidemiology, Dr. Francisco Durán García explained that 44 thousand 310 samples were studied for COVID-19, resulting in 6 thousand 505 positive samples. The country accumulates 5 million 907 thousand 000 samples carried out and 288 thousand 392 positive.
Of the total cases (6 thousand 505): 6 thousand 397 were contacts of confirmed cases; 33 with a source of infection abroad; 75 without a specified source of infection. Of the 6,505 cases diagnosed, 3,326 were female and 3,179 male.
15.0% (959) of the 6 thousand 505 positive cases were asymptomatic, accumulating a total of 99 thousand 972 that represents 34.7% of those confirmed to date.
The 6 thousand 505 diagnosed cases belong to the age groups: under 20 years (1,270), 20 to 39 years (1,849), 40 to 59 years (2,133) and over 60 (1,253).
Residence by province of the confirmed cases:
Pinar del Río: 156, Artemisa: 183, Havana: 760, Mayabeque: 262, Matanzas: 1732, Cienfuegos: 326, Villa Clara: 289, Sancti Spíritus: 128, Camagüey: 408, Las Tunas: 162, Granma: 145, Holguín: 308, Santiago de Cuba: 462, Guantanamo: 275
According to the expert, of the 288,392 patients diagnosed with the disease, 34,575 remain hospitalized, of them 34,268 with stable clinical evolution. There are 1,966 deaths (61 in the day), two evacuees, 54 returned to their countries, in the day there were 10,481 discharges, 251 thousand 795 recovered patients accumulate (87.3%). 307 confirmed patients are cared for in intensive care, 143 of them critical and 164 seriously ill.
During the day, 61 deceased patients were reported. We deeply regret what happened and convey our condolences to his family and friends.
Until July 18, 190 countries and 30 territories with COVID-19 cases are reported, the confirmed cases amount to 191 million 83 thousand 868 (+ 474 thousand 25) with 12 million 941 thousand 879 active cases and 4 million 103 thousand 278 deaths (+ 7,351) for a fatality of 2.15 (=).
In the Americas region, 75 million 849 thousand 959 confirmed cases are reported (+ 123 thousand 723), 39.69% of the total cases reported in the world, with 7 million 74 thousand 673 active cases and 1 million 980 thousand 696 deaths (+ 2,517) for a fatality of 2.61 (=).
