Havana, Cuba: At midnight yesterday, December 13, 2,610 patients were admitted, 1,998 suspects, 300 under surveillance and 312 confirmed active.
For COVID-19, a total of 13 thousand 465 samples were made for surveillance during the day, with 58 being positive. The country accumulates 11 million 359 thousand 618 samples taken and 963 thousand 751 positive.
Of the total cases (58): 44 were contacts of confirmed cases; 12 with a source of infection abroad; 2 without a specified source of infection. Of the 58 cases diagnosed, 24 were female and 34 male.
32.7% (19) of the 58 positive cases were asymptomatic, accumulating a total of 132 thousand 815, which represents 13.8% of those confirmed to date.
Of the 58 diagnosed cases, they belong to the age groups: under 20 years old (5), from 20 to 39 years old (15), from 40 to 59 years old (18), 60 and over (20).
Distribution of confirmed cases by province
Pinar del Río: 1, Artemisa: 1, Havana: 5, Matanzas: 5, Villa Clara: 2, Sancti Spíritus: 1, Ciego de Ávila: 1, Camagüey: 6, Camagüey: 2, Las Tunas: 8 cases, Holguín: 25, Santiago de Cuba: 1, Isla de la Juventud Special Municipality: 2.
Of the 963 thousand 751 patients diagnosed with the disease, 312 remain hospitalized, of them 297 with stable clinical evolution. 8,313 deaths accumulate (0 in the day), fatality of 0.86% vs 1.97% in the world and 2.40% in the Americas; two evacuees, 55 returned to their countries, on the day there were 83 discharges, 955 thousand 069 recovered patients accumulated (99.1%). 15 confirmed patients are cared for in intensive care, 6 of them critical and 9 severe.
No deceased patients were reported on the day.
Until December 13, 191 countries and 32 territories with cases of COVID-19 are reported, it amounts to 270 million 886 thousand 355 confirmed cases (+ 475 thousand 41) with 22 million 39 thousand 212 active cases and 5 million 326 thousand 528 deaths ( + 4,812) for a fatality of 1.97% (=).
In the Americas region, 99 million 889 thousand 129 confirmed cases are reported (+ 84 thousand 667), 36.87% of the total cases reported in the world, with 11 million 242 thousand 865 active cases and 2 million 399 thousand 365 deaths (+ 680) for a lethality of 2.4% (=).
