Havana: At midnight this Friday, Cuba reported two deaths, and 60 new cases of COVID-19, for a cumulative of 4 653 since last March; with 34 medical discharges, the national director of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Public Health (Minsap), Dr. Francisco Durán García reported this Saturday in a press conference by, publishes Cubadebate.
One thousand 585 patients are admitted to hospitals for clinical epidemiological surveillance, of them: 61 under surveillance, 859 suspects and 665 confirmed.
Dr. Durán said that 1,585 patients are admitted to hospitals for clinical-epidemiological surveillance: 61 under surveillance, 859 suspects and 665 confirmed. Of those admitted there are 7 critical cases and 15 serious.
The 60 diagnosed cases are Cuban, of which 44 (73.3%) were contacts of confirmed cases, 12 (20%) without a specified source of infection and four (6.6%) with a source of infection abroad.
Of the 60 confirmed cases, 20 (33.3%) were men and 40 (66.6%) were women. 48.3% (29) of the positive cases were asymptomatic.
She said that 8 128 samples were studied in the molecular biology laboratories of the country and 60 of them were positive. The country accumulates tests carried out; of which 4,653 have been positive.
Residence by province and municipality of the 60 confirmed cases:
Artemisa (3 cases): San Cristóbal 1, Candelaria 1, San Antonio 1.
Havana (21 cases): Cotorro 4, Arroyo Naranjo 3, Guanabacoa 3, Rule 2, Centro Habana 2, Habana Vieja 2, Habana del Este 1, San Miguel 1, Marianao 1, La Lisa 1, Boyeros 1.
Mayabeque (1 case): Nueva Paz (1).
Matanzas (2 cases): Matanzas 1, Unión de Reyes 1.
Ciego de Ávila (28 cases): Ciego de Ávila 21, Majagua 2, Baraguá 2, Venezuela 2, Bolivia 1.
Holguín (1 case): Holguín (1).
Imported cases:
Granma (2 cases): Manzanillo (2).
Santiago de Cuba (2 cases): Santiago de Cuba (1), Contramaestre (1).
Until September 11, 185 countries with COVID-19 cases are reported, there are 28 million 199 thousand 791 confirmed cases (+ 308 thousand 462) and 910 thousand 078 deaths (+ 6 thousand 087) for a fatality of 3.22 % (-0.02).
The region of the Americas reports 14 million 594 thousand 938 confirmed cases (+ 121 thousand 221), 51.75% of the total cases reported in the world, with 505 thousand 897 deaths (+ 3 thousand 403) for a fatality of 3 , 46% (-0.01)
