Havana, Cuba: The national director of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Public Health of Cuba, Dr. Francisco Durán, reported this Saturday 12 deaths and 1,26 positive samples for Covid-19 during the last 24 hours, for a cumulative of 92,000 474 diagnoses since the beginning of the disease in the nation, Radio Habana Cuba publishes.
During his usual press conference, the specialist reported that at the midnight yesterday 25 thousand 592 patients were admitted, of them 3 thousand 934 suspects, 16 thousand 813 in epidemiological surveillance and 4 thousand 845 confirmed.
Durán explained that the country carried out 21,187 samples the day before for a cumulative of 3 million 341 thousand 813 samples analyzed.
The epidemiologist announced that, of the 1 thousand 26 patients, 492 were asymptomatic at the time of diagnosis, 982 have a source of infection in previously confirmed cases, 22 have a source of infection abroad and in 22 people the source of infection is unknown., a thousand 4 are autochthonous.
Of the total confirmed, 509 are male and 517 female. Regarding age groups, 186 patients were diagnosed under 19 years of age and 165 pediatric ages (9 under one year).
Residence by province of the cases confirmed today:
Pinar del Río: 33m Artemisa: 11, Havana: 574, Marianao: 26, Mayabeque: 15, Matanzas: 150, Cienfuegos: 7, Villa Clara: 7, Sancti Spíritus: 29, Ciego de Ávila: 8, Camagüey: 4, Las Tunas: 20, Granma: 45, Holguín: 27, Santiago de Cuba: 84, Guantánamo: 12
He specified that, of the 92 thousand 474 patients diagnosed with the disease since the beginning of it, 4 thousand 845 confirmed hospitalizations, of them 4 thousand 781 with stable clinical evolution. 512 deaths are reported (12 in the last day) for a fatality of 0.54. The two evacuees remain, 54 returnees and 87,061 recovered patients accumulate (919 discharges of the day). 29 patients in critical condition and 35 patients in serious condition are reported.
Until April 16, 190 countries and 29 territories with COVID-19 cases are reported, the confirmed cases amount to 140 million 299 thousand 933 (+ 879 thousand 800) with 18 million 77 thousand 65 active cases and 3 million 6 thousand 454 deaths (+14 thousand 64) for a fatality of 2.14 (-0.01).
In the region of the Americas, 60 million 228 thousand 458 confirmed cases (+ 266 thousand 725) are reported, 42.92% of the total cases reported in the world, with 9 million 251 thousand 461 active cases and 1 million 455 thousand 992 deceased (+ 7 thousand 33) for a fatality of 2.42 (=).
