Havana, Cuba: The national director of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Public Health of Cuba, Dr. Francisco Durán, reported this Tuesday 78 deaths and 4,793 positive samples for Covid-19 during the last 24 hours, for a accumulated of 900 thousand 512 diagnoses since the beginning of the disease in the nation, Radio Habana Cuba reports.
During his usual press conference, the specialist reported that at midnight yesterday 52,550 patients were admitted, of them 27,296 suspects, 2,961 in epidemiological surveillance and 22,293 confirmed assets.
Durán explained that the country analyzed 33,290 samples the day before for an accumulated 9 million 765 thousand 273 samples analyzed.
The epidemiologist announced that, of the 4,793 patients, 128 were asymptomatic at the time of diagnosis, 4,761 have a source of infection in previously confirmed cases, 19 have a source of infection abroad and in 13 people the source of contagion is unknown, a thousand 774 are autochthonous.
Of the total confirmed, 2,177 are male and 2,616 are female. Regarding the age groups, 897 were diagnosed under 18 years of age, and 849 in pediatric ages (39 under one year). In the ages of 20 to 39 years, thousand 53 cases were confirmed, between 40 and 59 years thousand 529 cases and thousand 314 people over 60 years.
He specified that, of the 900 thousand 512 patients diagnosed with the disease since the beginning of it, 22 thousand 293 of them remain confirmed, 21 thousand 967 with stable clinical evolution. 7,663 deaths are reported (45 in the last day) for a fatality of 0.85. The two evacuees remain, 55 returnees and 870 thousand 499 recovered patients accumulate (5 thousand 511 discharges of the day). 100 patients in critical condition and 226 patients in serious condition are reported
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