Havana: At midnight yesterday, December 21, 3,262 patients are admitted for clinical epidemiological surveillance, 786 suspects, 1,455 under surveillance and 1,021 confirmed, the official website of MINSAP publishes.
For COVID-19, 12 thousand 568 samples were studied, resulting in 142 positive samples.
Of the total number of cases (142), 72 were contacts of confirmed cases, 64 with a source of infection abroad, on day 6 without a specified source of infection.
66.1% (94) of the 142 positive cases were asymptomatic, accumulating a total of 6,739, which represents 64.9% of those confirmed to date.
The cases belong to the provinces of Pinar del Río (3 cases), Artemisa (18 cases, 4 imported), Havana (51 cases, 24 imported), Mayabeque (13 cases, 1 imported), Matanzas (10 cases, 5 imported). ), Cienfuegos (10 cases, 5 imported), Villa Clara (3 cases), Sancti Spíritus (1 imported case), Ciego de Ávila (4 imported cases), Camagüey (2 cases, 1 imported), Las Tunas (3 cases, 2 imported), Granma (1 imported case), Manzanillo: 1 case (imported), Holguín (8 cases, 6 imported), Santiago de Cuba (11 cases, 5 imported), Guantánamo (4 imported cases).
Of the 10,384 patients diagnosed with the disease, 1,021 (9.8%), 1,014 (99.3%) with stable clinical evolution remain hospitalized. 139 deaths are reported (two of the day), two evacuated, three returned to their countries, 93 discharges of the day, 9,219 recovered patients accumulate (88.8%). Seven confirmed patients are cared for in intensive care, two of them critical and five seriously ill.
Until December 14, 186 countries have reported COVID-19 cases, amounting to 71 million 503 thousand 683 confirmed cases (+ 545 thousand 635) and 1 million 612 thousand 833 deaths (+ 7 thousand 238) for a fatality of 2, 25 (-0.01).
In the Americas region, 30 million 887 thousand 662 confirmed cases (+ 250 thousand 922) are reported, 43.19% of the total cases reported in the world, with 785 thousand 420 deaths (+ 2 thousand 433) for a fatality of 2.54 (-0.02).
