Havana, Cuba: At midnight yesterday, February 18, 19 thousand 520 patients, suspects 3 thousand 276, 11 thousand 246 under surveillance and 4 thousand 998 confirmed active, are admitted for clinical epidemiological surveillance, the official website of the Ministry of Public Health of Cuba publishes.
For COVID-19 they studied 17,949 samples, resulting in 859 positive samples.
Of the total cases (859): 797 were contacts of confirmed cases; 31 with a source of infection abroad; on day 31 without a specified source of infection. Of the 859 cases diagnosed, 401 were female and 458 male.
51.46% (442) of the 859 positive cases were asymptomatic
Of the total cases of the day 32 are linked to international travelers. The 859 diagnosed cases belong to the age groups: under 20 years: 107; from 20 to 39 years: 309; from 40 to 59 years: 312 and more than 60: 131 cases.
Residence by province and municipalities of confirmed cases:
Pinar del Río: 38 cases
? Consolacion del Sur: 4 (3 contacts of confirmed cases and 1 imported).
? La Palma: 1 (contact of confirmed case).
? Los Palacios: 2 (contacts of confirmed cases).
? Minas de Matahambre: 3 (contacts of confirmed cases).
? Pinar del Río: 22 (21 contacts of confirmed cases and 1 without a specified source of infection).
? San Juan and Martínez: 6 (5 contacts of confirmed cases and 1 without a specified source of infection).
Artemisa: 8 cases
? Alquízar: 1 (contact of confirmed case).
? Artemisa: 3 (contacts of confirmed cases).
? Bahía Honda: 3 (2 contacts of confirmed cases and 1 without a specified source of infection).
? San Cristóbal: 1 (contact of confirmed case).
Havana: 449 cases
? 10 de Octubre: 48 (contacts of confirmed cases).
? Arroyo Naranjo: 27 (25 contacts of confirmed cases and 2 imported).
? Boyeros: 41 (40 contacts of confirmed cases and 1 imported).
? Centro Habana: 54 (contacts of confirmed cases).
? Cerro: 36 (34 contacts of confirmed cases and 2 imported).
? Cotorro: 11 (contacts of confirmed cases).
? Guanabacoa: 30 (29 contacts of confirmed cases and 1 imported).
? Habana del Este: 26 (25 contacts of confirmed cases and 1 imported).
? Habana Vieja: 55 (contacts of confirmed cases).
? La Lisa: 16 (contacts of confirmed cases).
? Marianao: 13 (11 contacts of confirmed cases and 2 imported).
? Plaza de La Revolución: 22 (20 contacts of confirmed cases and 2 imported).
? Playa: 49 (42 contacts of confirmed cases and 7 imported).
? Regla: 11 (contacts of confirmed cases).
? San Miguel del Padrón: 10 (contacts of confirmed cases).
Mayabeque: 60 cases
? Batabanó: 2 (1 contact with a confirmed case and 1 without a specified source of infection).
? Bejucal: 1 (contact of confirmed case).
? Güines: 15 (10 contacts of confirmed cases and 5 without a specified source of infection).
? Melena del Sur: 8 (contacts of confirmed cases).
? Nueva Paz: 1 (no source of infection specified).
? Quivicán: 9 (contacts of confirmed cases).
? Madruga: 4 (contacts of confirmed cases).
? San José de Las Lajas: 20 (18 contacts of confirmed cases and 2 without a specified source of infection).
Matanzas: 8 cases
? Cárdenas: 1 (contact of confirmed case).
? Colón: 1 (confirmed case contact).
? Limonar: 1 (contact of confirmed case).
? Matanzas: 5 (contacts of confirmed cases).
Cienfuegos: 18 cases
? Aguada de Pasajeros: 1 (contact of confirmed case).
? Cienfuegos: 13 (8 contacts of confirmed cases and 5 without a specified source of infection).
? Palmira: 4 (contacts of confirmed cases).
Villa Clara: 16 cases
? Caibarién: 3 (contacts of confirmed cases).
? Manicaragua: 1 (contact of confirmed case).
? Placetas: 1 (contact of confirmed case).
? Ranchuelo: 1 (contact of confirmed case).
? Remedios: 1 (confirmed case contact).
? Santa Clara: 9 (8 contacts of confirmed cases and 1 imported).
Sancti Spíritus: 10 cases
? Fomento: 3 (1 confirmed case contact and 2 imported).
? Jatibonico: 2 (contacts of confirmed cases).
- Sancti Spíritus: 4 (3 contactos de casos confirmados, 1 importado y 1 sin fuente de infección precisada).
- Trinidad: 1 (contacto de caso confirmado).
Ciego de Ávila: 11 cases
? Chambas: 1 (contact of confirmed case).
? Ciego de Ávila: 3 (contacts of confirmed cases).
? Morón: 5 (2 contacts of confirmed cases and 3 imported).
? Primero de Enero: 1 (no source of infection specified).
? Venezuela: 1 (contact of confirmed case).
Camaguey: 23 cases
? Camagüey: 17 (14 contacts of confirmed cases and 3 without a specified source of infection).
? Céspedes: 1 (confirmed case contact).
? Esmeralda: 1 (confirmed case contact).
? Florida: 1 (confirmed case contact).
? Minas: 1 (contact of confirmed case).
? Nuevitas: 1 (imported).
? Vertientes: 1 (contact of confirmed case).
Las Tunas: 5 cases
? Las Tunas: 4 (contacts of confirmed cases).
? Puerto Padre: 1 (contact of confirmed case).
Granma: 12 cases
? Bayamo: 8 (6 contacts of confirmed cases and 2 without a specified source of infection).
? Buey Arriba: 1 (contact of confirmed case).
? Campechuela: 1 (contact of confirmed case).
? Guisa: 1 (confirmed case contact).
? Manzanillo: 1 (contact of confirmed case).
Holguín: 22 cases
? Báguanos: 1 (imported).
? Holguín: 9 (5 contacts of confirmed cases, 1 imported and 3 without a specified source of infection).
? Mayarí: 6 (contacts of confirmed cases).
? Moa: 3 (2 contacts of confirmed cases and 1 without a specified source of infection).
? Rafael Freyre: 3 (contacts of confirmed cases).
Santiago de Cuba: 129 cases
? Contramaestre: 1 (confirmed case contact).
? Guamá: 2 (contacts of confirmed cases).
? Palma Soriano: 12 (10 contacts of confirmed cases and 2 without a specified source of infection).
? Santiago de Cuba: 112 (110 contacts of confirmed cases and 2 imported).
? Songo La Maya: 2 (contacts of confirmed cases).
Guantanamo: 44 cases
? Baracoa: 1 (contact of confirmed case).
? Guantánamo: 42 (41 contacts of confirmed cases and 1 imported).
? Maisí: 1 (contact of confirmed case).
Isla de La Juventud Special Municipality: 6 cases (5 contacts of confirmed cases and 1 without a specified source of infection).
Of the 42,547 patients diagnosed with the disease, 4,998 remain hospitalized, of them 4,934 with stable clinical evolution. 287 deaths are reported (five in the day), two evacuated, 54 returned to their countries, 954 discharges of the day, 37 thousand 206 recovered patients accumulate (87.4%). 64 confirmed patients are cared for in intensive care, 27 of them critical and 37 severe.
Until February 18, 190 countries and 29 territories with cases of COVID-19 are reported, it amounts to 110 million 704 thousand 562 confirmed cases (+ 492 thousand 637) with 22 million 630 thousand 651 active cases and 2 million 447 thousand 395 deaths (+ 13,366) for a lethality of 2.21 (+ 0.01).
In the region of the Americas, 49 million 761 thousand 135 confirmed cases are reported (+ 206 thousand 738), 44.94% of the total cases reported in the world, with 11 million 21 thousand 503 active cases and 1 million 174 thousand 724 deaths (+ 6,972) for a fatality of 2.36 (+ 0.01). (IVP)
