Havana: At midnight yesterday, September 8, 1,470 patients are admitted to hospitals for clinical epidemiological surveillance, of them: 58 under surveillance, 786 suspects and 626 confirmed, the official website of the Ministry of Public Health of Cuba publishes.
For COVID-19, 7,948 samples were studied, resulting in 82 positive samples. The country accumulates 454 thousand 724 samples carried out and 4 thousand 459 positive (0.98%).
The 82 diagnosed cases are Cuban, of which 75 were contacts of confirmed cases and seven without a specified source of infection. Of the 82 confirmed cases, 41 are male and 41 are female. 76.8% (63) were asymptomatic, accumulating 2,625, representing 58.87% of those confirmed to date.
Residence by province and municipality of the 82 confirmed cases
? Artemisa (1 case): San Antonio de los Baños (1)
? Havana (39 cases): Boyeros (8), Marianao (4), Diez de Octubre (3), Arroyo Naranjo (3), Habana del Este (3), Playa (2), Plaza de la Revolución (2) , Centro Habana (2), Cerro (2), Guanabacoa (2), Cotorro (2), San Miguel del Padrón (2), La Lisa (2), Regla (1), Old Havana (1)
? Matanzas (1): Cárdenas (1)
? Sancti Spíritus (4 cases): Jatibonico (4)
? Ciego de Ávila (37 cases): Ciego de Ávila (25), Chambas (2), Primero de Enero (1), Morón (3), Florencia (1), Ciro Redondo (2), Majagua (2), Bolivia (1), Baraguá (1)
Of the 4 thousand 459 patients diagnosed with the disease, 626 (14.0%) remain confirmed, 614 98.1% with stable clinical evolution. 104 deaths are reported (none of the day), two evacuees, 27 discharges of the day, 3 thousand 727 recovered patients accumulate. One patient in critical condition and 11 patients in serious condition are reported.
Until September 8, 185 countries with COVID-19 cases are reported, the number of confirmed cases rises to 27 million 366 thousand 648 (+215 thousand 851) and 893 thousand 084 deaths (+ 3 thousand 828) for a fatality of 3.26 % (-0.01).
The region of the Americas reports 14 million 284 thousand 841 confirmed cases (+ 53 thousand 434), 52.19% of the total cases reported in the world, with 496 thousand 229 deaths (+ thousand 536) for a fatality of 3, 47%.
