Havana, Cuba: The national director of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Public Health of Cuba, Dr. Francisco Durán, reported this Tuesday 17 deaths and 3 thousand 80 samples positive for Covid-19 during the last 24 hours, for a accumulated of 188 thousand 023 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 42 thousand 126 patients were admitted, of them 9 thousand 209 suspects, 18 thousand 482 in epidemiological surveillance and 14 thousand 435 confirmed assets.
Durán explained that the country carried out 30,945 samples the day before for a cumulative of 5,048 thousand 499 samples analyzed.
The epidemiologist announced that, of the 3 thousand 80 patients, 703 were asymptomatic at the time of diagnosis, 2 thousand 894 have a source of infection in previously confirmed cases, 74 have a source of infection abroad and in 102 people the source of the infection is unknown and 3 thousand 6 are natives.
Residence by province of the confirmed cases:
Pinar del Río: 177, Artemisa: 91, Havana: 387, Mayabeque: 81, Matanzas: 753, Cienfuegos: 87, Villa Clara: 125, Sancti Spíritus: 148, Ciego de Ávila: 213, Camagüey: 297, Las Tunas: 90, Granma: 73, Holguín: 124, Santiago de Cuba: 333, Guantánamo: 101
Of the total confirmed, 1,497 are male and 1,583 female. Regarding the age groups, 540 children under 19 years of age were diagnosed, and 491 were diagnosed in pediatric ages (22 under one year of age). In the ages of 19 to 39 years, a thousand 4 cases were confirmed, between 40 and 59 years about 980 cases and 556 people older than 60 years.
He specified that, of the 188 thousand 023 patients diagnosed with the disease from the beginning of it, 14 thousand 435 confirmed hospitalizations, of them 14 thousand 252 with stable clinical evolution. 1,270 deaths are reported (17 in the last day) for a fatality of 0.67. The two evacuees remain, 54 returnees and 172,262 recovered patients accumulate (1,841 discharges of the day). 70 patients in critical condition and 1 patient in serious condition are reported.
Until June 28, 190 countries and 30 territories with COVID-19 cases are reported, the confirmed cases amount to 182 million 71 thousand 313 (+ 313 thousand 701) with 11 million 547 thousand 989 active cases and 3 million 942 thousand 599 deaths (+ 5 thousand 941) for a fatality of 2.17 (=).
In the Americas region, 73 million 63 thousand 23 confirmed cases (+ 104 thousand 484) are reported, 40.12% of the total cases reported in the world, with 7 million 567 thousand 323 active cases and 1 million 911 thousand 619 deaths (+ 2 thousand 543) for a fatality of 2.62 (=).
