La Habana, Cuba: At midnight yesterday, December 14, a total of 2,681 patients were admitted, 2,053 suspects, 319 under surveillance and 309 confirmed active.
For COVID-19, a total of 17 thousand 162 samples were made for surveillance during the day, 62 being positive. The country accumulates 11 million 376 thousand 780 samples carried out and 963 thousand 813 positive.
Of the total cases (62): 49 were contacts of confirmed cases; 9 with a source of infection abroad; 4 without a specified source of infection. Of the 62 cases diagnosed, 30 were female and 32 male.
38.7% (24) of the 62 positive cases were asymptomatic, accumulating a total of 132,839, which represents 13.8% of those confirmed to date.
Of the 62 diagnosed cases, they belong to the age groups: under 20 years (7), 20 to 39 years (17), 40 to 59 years (31), 60 and over (7).
Distribution of positive cases by province:
Havana: 7, Matanzas: 2, Villa Clara: 2, Sancti Spíritus: 7, Ciego de Ávila: 3, Camagüey: 10, Camagüey: 6, Las Tunas: 3, Holguín: Gibara: 1, Santiago de Cuba: 4, Isla de La Juventud Special Municipality: 5.
Of the 963 thousand 813 patients diagnosed with the disease, 309 remain hospitalized, of them 296 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 65 discharges, 955 thousand 134 recovered patients accumulate (99.1%). 13 confirmed patients are cared for in intensive care, 5 of them critical and 8 severe.
No deceased patients were reported on the day.
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