Havana: The national director of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Public Health of Cuba, Dr. Francisco Durán, reported this Monday zero deaths and one thousand 66 samples positive for Covid-19 during the last 24 hours, for an accumulated of 80 thousand 610 diagnoses since the beginning of the disease in the nation, Radio Habana Cuba reports.
During his usual press conference, the specialist reported that at midnight yesterday 26 thousand 198 patients were admitted, of them 3 thousand 787 suspects, 17 thousand 420 in epidemiological surveillance and 4 thousand 991 confirmed.
Durán explained that the country carried out 21,200 samples the day before for a cumulative of 3 million 089 thousand 589 samples analyzed.
The epidemiologist announced that, of the thousand 66 patients, 556 were asymptomatic at the time of diagnosis, 1,131 have a source of infection in previously confirmed cases, 19 have a source of infection abroad and in 16 people the source of contagion is unknown.
Of the total confirmed, 492 are male and 574 female. Regarding the age groups, 173 patients were diagnosed under 19 years of age and in pediatric ages 162, 781 remain active hospitalized. In the ages of 19 to 39 years, 366 cases were confirmed, between 40 and 59 years about 358 cases and 169 people over 60 years of age.
Residence by provinces of the confirmed cases:
Pinar del Río: 44, Artemisa: 14, La Habana: 556, Mayabeque: 14, Matanzas: 118, Cienfuegos: 11, Villa Clara: 18, Sancti Spíritus: 32, Ciego de Ávila: 20, Camagüey: 13, Las Tunas: 6, Granma: 124, Holguín: 8, Santiago de Cuba: 78, Guantánamo: 9, Municipio Especial Isla de La Juventud: 1
He specified that, of the 80,610 patients diagnosed with the disease since the beginning of it, 4,991 remain hospitalized, 4,920 of them with stable clinical evolution. 436 deaths are reported for a fatality of 0.54. The two evacuees remain, 54 returnees and 75 thousand 127 recovered patients accumulate (881 discharges of the day). 32 patients in critical condition and 39 patients in serious condition are reported.
Until April 4, 190 countries and 29 territories with COVID-19 cases are reported, the confirmed cases amount to 131 million 652 thousand 423 (+ 472 thousand 371) with 22 million 767 thousand 252 active cases and 2 million 862 thousand 872 deaths (+ 7,931) for a fatality of 2.17 (-0.01).
In the region of the Americas, 57 million 626 thousand 703 confirmed cases (+ 151 thousand 695) are reported, 43.77% of the total cases reported in the world, with 9 million 254 thousand 496 active cases and 1 million 387 thousand 399 deaths (+ 3 thousand 718) for a fatality of 2.41 (=). (BSH)
