Havana, Cuba: The Cuban Ministry of Public Health reported this Tuesday eight deaths and 1,610 positive samples for Covid-19 during the last 24 hours, for a cumulative 1,046,400 positive diagnoses since the beginning. of the disease in the nation, Radio Habana Cuba reports.
At midnight yesterday, January 31, a total of 23,283 patients are admitted, 10,990 suspects, 138 under surveillance and 12,155 confirmed active.
For COVID-19, a total of 14,378 samples were taken for surveillance on the day, with 1,610 being positive for 11.2% positivity. The country accumulates 12 million 699 thousand 186 samples carried out and 1 million 046 thousand 400 positives (8.2%).
Of the total cases (1,610): 1,554 were contacts of confirmed cases, 47 with a source of infection abroad and 9 without a specified source of infection. Of the 1,610 diagnosed cases, 909 were female and 701 male.
10.2% (165) of the 1,610 positive cases were asymptomatic, accumulating a total of 143,152, which represents 13.7% of those confirmed to date.
Of the 1,610 diagnosed cases, they belong to the age groups: under 20 years old (369), 20 to 39 years old (438), 40 to 59 years old (496), 60 and over (307).
Of the million 046 thousand 400 patients diagnosed with the disease, 12 thousand 155 remain hospitalized, of them 12 thousand 091 with stable clinical evolution. There are 8,407 deaths (8 on the day), a lethality of 0.80% vs 1.51% in the world and 1.85% in the Americas; two evacuated and 57 returned to their countries. On the day there were 3 thousand 168 discharges and 1 million 025 thousand 779 recovered patients accumulate (98.0%). 64 confirmed patients are treated in intensive care, of which 29 are critical and 35 are seriously ill.
On the day, 8 deceased patients were reported. We deeply regret what happened and convey our condolences to your family and friends.
Until January 31, 191 countries and 32 territories with cases of COVID-19 are reported, amounting to 376 million 91 thousand 872 confirmed cases (+ 1 million 996 thousand 324) with 72 million 953 thousand 23 active cases and 5 million 684 thousand 190 deceased (+ 5 thousand 934) for a lethality of 1.51% (-0.01).
In the region of the Americas, 136 million 985 thousand 693 confirmed cases (+ 342 thousand 639) are reported, 36.42% of the total cases reported in the world, with 34 million 445 thousand 924 active cases and 2 million 532 thousand 34 deceased (+ 1 thousand 586) for a lethality of 1.85% (- 0.01).