Havana: At midnight yesterday, December 9, 4,011 patients were admitted for clinical epidemiological surveillance, 283 suspects, 2,000 under surveillance and 831 confirmed, the MINSAP publishes on its official website.
For COVID-19, 10,236 samples were studied, resulting in 75 positive samples. The country accumulates one million 218 thousand 718 samples carried out and 9 thousand 181 positive (0.75%).
Of the total number of cases (75): 39 were contacts of confirmed cases, 30 had a source of infection abroad and six without a specified source of infection.
All 75 cases are Cuban. 66.7% (50) of the 75 positive cases were asymptomatic.
The cases belong to Pinar del Río (13 cases, 2 imported), Artemisa (2 cases, 1 imported), Havana (16 cases, 6 imported), Mayabeque (2 cases), Matanzas (1 case), Cienfuegos (2 cases , 2 imported), Villa Clara (6 cases, 5 imported), Sancti Spiritus (2 cases, 1 imported), Ciego de Ávila (4 cases, 2 imported), Camagüey (9 cases, 5 imported), Las Tunas (1 case imported), Granma (2 cases, 1 imported), Holguín (2 cases, 1 imported), Santiago de Cuba (8 cases, 1 imported), Guantánamo (5 cases, 2 imported).
Of the 9,181 patients diagnosed with the disease, 831 (9.12%), 820 (97.35%) remain confirmed with stable clinical evolution. 136 deaths are reported (none of the day), two evacuated, 75 discharges of the day, 8,212 recovered patients accumulate (89.44%), 11 patients, five critics and six seriously in intensive care.
Until December 9, 186 countries with cases of COVID-19 are reported, the confirmed cases amount to 67 million 965 thousand 385 (+ 598 thousand 263) and one million 557 thousand 616 deaths (+ 12 thousand 341) for a fatality of 2, 29.
In the region of the Americas, 29 million 341 thousand 702 confirmed cases (+299 thousand 395) are reported, 43.17% of the total cases reported in the world, with 762 thousand 872 deaths (+ 4 thousand 807) for a fatality of 2.60% (-0.01).