Havana: At midnight yesterday, September 23, 2 8 thousand 547 patients are admitted to hospitals for clinical epidemiological surveillance, of them:6 thousand 738 under surveillance, 1,232 suspected and 577 confirmed, the official website of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health publishes.
For COVID-19, 7 thousand 625 samples were studied, resulting in 40 positive samples. The country accumulates 569 thousand 371 samples carried out and 5 thousand 310 positive (0.93%). The 40 diagnosed cases are Cubans, 39 autochthonous and one imported.
37 were contact of confirmed cases, two without a specified source of infection and one with the source of infection abroad. 14 are male and 26 are female. The 50% were asymptomatic.
Distribution of the 40 confirmed cases:
? Artemisa (1 case): San Cristóbal (1).
? Havana (14 cases): Diez de Octubre (11), Habana Vieja (2), Centro Habana (1).
? Ciego de Avila (23 casos): Ciego de Avila (22), Baraguá (1).
Camaguey (1 caso): Florida (1)
Of the 5 thousand 310 patients diagnosed with the disease, 577 (13%) remain active, 570 present stable clinical evolution. 118 deaths are reported (none of the day), two evacuated, 31 discharges of the day, 4 thousand 613 patients have recovered from the disease (85%). Two patients are reported in critical condition and 5 in serious condition.
Until September 23, 185 countries with COVID-19 cases are reported, it amounts to 31 million 858 thousand 573 confirmed cases (+ 281 thousand 515) and 971 thousand 869 deaths (+ 6 thousand 188) for a fatality of 3.06 (-0.02).
In the region of the Americas, 15 million 919 thousand 539 confirmed cases are reported (+ 108 thousand 636), 50.28% of the total cases reported in the world, with 537 thousand 929 deaths (+ 3 thousand 383) for a fatality of 3.37% (-0,01).