Havana: At midnight yesterday, October 21, 3,263 patients are admitted to health institutions for clinical epidemiological surveillance, of them: 2,217 under surveillance, 626 suspects, and 420 confirmed, the website of the Minsap publishes.
For COVID-19, 6,798 samples were studied, resulting in 53 positive samples. The country accumulates 770,140 samples carried out and 6,421 positive (0.83%).
Of the 53 diagnosed cases, 52 are Cuban and one foreigner; 52 were contacts of confirmed cases and one with a source of infection abroad. Of the 53 confirmed cases, 11 are female and 42 male. 68.2% (43) of the positive cases were asymptomatic.
The residence by province and municipality of the 53 confirmed cases
Pinar del Río (38 cases), Havana (4 cases) 1 Imported, Sancti Spíritus (10 cases), Ciego de Ávila (1 case).
Of the 6,421 patients diagnosed with the disease, 420 (6.5%) remain confirmed, 415 (98.8%) with stable clinical evolution. 128 deaths are reported (one of the day), two evacuated, 57 discharges of the day, 5,871 recovered patients accumulate (91.5%), two critical and three serious. Until October 21, 185 countries with COVID-19 cases are reported, the confirmed cases amount to 40 million 856 thousand 260 (+383 thousand 708) and 1 million 125 thousand 756 deaths (+6 thousand 473) for a fatality of 2, 75 (-0.01).
In the region of the Americas, 19 million 103 thousand 929 confirmed cases (+126 thousand 049) are reported, 46.75% of the total cases reported in the world, with 614 thousand 626 deaths (+2 thousand 925) for a fatality of 3.22%.