Havana: The national director of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Public Health of Cuba, Dr. Francisco Durán, reported 76 deaths on Wednesday and 8,605 samples positive for Covid-19 during the last 24 hours, for a accumulated 483 thousand 710 diagnoses since the beginning of the disease in the nation.
During his usual press conference, the specialist reported that at midnight yesterday 96 thousand 632 patients were admitted, of them 47 thousand 023 suspects, 4 thousand 226 in epidemiological surveillance and 45 thousand 283 confirmed assets.
Durán explained that the country analyzed 37,405 samples the day before for a cumulative 6,974,120 samples analyzed.
The epidemiologist announced that, of the 8,605 patients, 419 were asymptomatic at the time of diagnosis, 8,554 have a source of infection in previously confirmed cases, 28 have a source of infection abroad and in 23 people the source contagion is unknown and 8,577 are autochthonous.
Of the total confirmed, 4 thousand 8 are male and 4 thousand 597 female. Regarding the age groups, a thousand 644 children under 19 years of age were diagnosed, and a thousand 543 were diagnosed in pediatric ages (114 under one year of age). In the ages of 20 to 39 years, 2,430 cases were confirmed, between 40 and 59 years 2 thousand 801 cases and 1,730 people older than 60 years.
Residence by province of the confirmed cases:
Pinar del Río: 421, Artemisa: 516, Havana: 1471, Mayabeque: 349, Matanzas: 334, Cienfuegos: 1645, Villa Clara: 321, Sancti Spíritus: 284, Ciego de Ávila: 634, Camagüey: 404, Las Tunas: 224, Granma: 310, Holguín: 947, Santiago de Cuba: 446 and Guantánamo: 299
He specified that, of the 483 thousand 710 patients diagnosed with the disease since the beginning of it, 45 thousand 283 of them remain confirmed, 44 thousand 897 with stable clinical evolution. 3,684 deaths are reported (76 in the last day) for a fatality of 0.76. The two evacuees remain, 54 returnees and 434 thousand 587 recovered patients accumulate (9 thousand 200 discharges of the day). 175 critically ill patients and 311 critically ill patients are reported.
Until August 10, 190 countries and 32 territories with cases of COVID-19 are reported, amounting to 204 million 481 thousand 101 confirmed cases (+ 678 thousand 273) with 16 million 503 thousand 260 active cases and 4 million 322 thousand 293 deaths (+ 9,145) for a fatality of 2.11% (-0.01).
In the region of the Americas, 79 million 948 thousand 105 confirmed cases are reported (+ 298 thousand 588), 39.10% of the total cases reported in the world, with 8 million 179 thousand 245 active cases and 2 million 55 thousand 115 deaths (+ 2 thousand 331) for a lethality of 2.57% (-0.01).
