Havana: At midnight yesterday, December 2, 3,959 patients were admitted for clinical epidemiological surveillance, 767 suspected, 2,569 under surveillance and 623 confirmed, the Cuban Ministry of Public Health reports.
For COVID-19, 11,092 samples were studied, resulting in 75 positive samples. Of the total cases (75): 48 were contacts of confirmed cases, 26 with a source of infection abroad and one without a specified source of infection.
Of the total number of cases (75), 71 are Cubans and one foreigner. 76% (57) of the 75 positive cases were asymptomatic, accumulating a total of 5,407, which represents 63.3% of those confirmed to date.
The cases belong to Pinar del Río 15, Artemisa 6, Havana 22, Matanzas 2, Cienfuegos 4, Villa Clara 7, Sancti Spíritus, 2, Ciego de Ávila 4, Camagüey 5, Holguín 1, Santiago de Cuba 6, Guantánamo 2.
Of the 8 thousand 531 patients diagnosed with the disease, 623 (7.30%), 619 (99.3%) remain confirmed with stable clinical evolution. 136 deaths are reported (none of the day), two evacuated, 56 discharges of the day, 7,770 recovered patients accumulate (91.0%), one critical patient and three seriously ill in intensive care.
Until December 2, 186 countries with COVID-19 cases are reported, the confirmed cases amount to 63 million 821 thousand 910 (+ 576 thousand 649) and 1 million 482 thousand 541 deaths (+ 13 thousand 71) for a fatality of 2, 32 (=).
In the region of the Americas, 27 million 313 thousand 296 confirmed cases are reported (+ 271 thousand 894), 42.79% of the total cases reported in the world, with 734 thousand 115 deaths (+ 4 thousand 799) for a fatality of 2.69 (-0.01).