Havana, Cuba: At the midnight this Sunday, Cuba reported 93 new cases of COVID-19, the highest number since the start of the pandemic in the country, last March. In this way, the number of infected people riches 3,046 , the national director of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Public Health (Minsap), Francisco Durán García reported in a press conference, publica Cubadebate.
The expert pointed out that on the day there were nine medical discharges and there are no deaths reported for six consecutive days.
The Cuban health authority said that 959 patients are admitted to hospitals for clinical-epidemiological surveillance: 20 under surveillance, 443 suspects and 496 confirmed. Another 11,501 people are monitored in their homes, from primary health care.
For COVID-19, 4,267 samples were studied, resulting in 93 positive samples. The country accumulates 301 thousand 598 samples carried out and 3 thousand 046 positive (1.01%).
The 93 confirmed cases were Cuban. Of the 93 cases diagnosed, 83 are autochthonous and 10 are imported. Of those diagnosed, 61 (65.5%) were contact of confirmed cases, 10 (10.7%) with a source of infection abroad and 22 (23.6%) with an unspecified source of infection. By age groups: 40 to 59 years old, 24 (25.8%), from 20 to 39 years old 43 (46.2%), 60 and more than 60 years old 16 (17.2%) and less than 20 years old 10 (10.7%).
66.6% (62) of the positive cases were asymptomatic.
The residence by province and municipality of the 93 confirmed cases is:
? Artemisa: 10 (Mariel 4, Artemisa 2, Candelaria, San Cristóbal, Guanajay and Bahía Honda with 1 case each).
Havana: 76 (Habana del Este 21, La Lisa 10, Marianao and Playa with 8 cases eac, 10 de Octubre 7, Plaza de la Revolución 6, Arroyo Naranjo 5, Boyeros 3, Centro Habana, Guanabacoa and Cerro with 2 cases each, Cotorro and San Miguel del Padrón with 1 case each).
Ciego de Ávila: 2 (Ciro Redondo and Ciego de Ávila with 1 case each).
Las Tunas: 2 (Las Tunas 2).
Holguín: 2 (Holguin 2)
Isla de la Juventud Special Municipality: 1
Of the 3,046 patients diagnosed with the disease, 496 (16.3%) remain confirmed admitted, 490 of them, 98.8%, with stable clinical evolution. There are 88 deaths (none in the day), two evacuees and 2 thousand 460 recovered patients (81%) (9 discharges yesterday). 4 patients are reported in serious condition and 2 in critical condition.
Until August 9, 185 countries with COVID-19 cases are reported, with 19 million 624 thousand 044 confirmed cases (+266 thousand 959) and 726 thousand 953 deaths (+5 thousand 779), for a lethality of 3.70 % (-0.02).
The region of the Americas reports 10 million 615 thousand 855 confirmed cases (+147 thousand 732), 54.10% of the total reported cases in the world, with 389 thousand 793 deaths (+3 thousand 669) for a fatality of 3 , 67% (-0.01).