Cuba: At midnight yesterday, May 5, 21,253 patients were admitted, 3,323 suspects, 12,382 under surveillance and 5,548 confirmed active, the official website of the Minsap publishes.
For COVID-19, 22,818 samples were studied, resulting in 1,060 positive samples. The country accumulates 3 million 764 thousand 614 samples made and 112 thousand 714 positive.
Of the total cases (1060): 1000 were contacts of confirmed cases; 35 with a source of infection abroad; 25 without a specified source of infection.
Of the 1060 diagnosed cases, 511 were female and 549 male. 42.7% (453) of the 1060 positive cases were asymptomatic, accumulating a total of 56,069, representing 49.7% of those confirmed till the date.
The 1060 diagnosed cases belong to the age groups: under 20 years (177), 20 to 39 years (338), 40 to 59 years (348) and 60 and over (197).
Residence by province of confirmed cases:
Pinar del Río: 29, Artemisa: 31, Havana: 636, Mayabeque: 32, Matanzas: 56, Cienfuegos: 18, Villa Clara: 11, Sancti Spíritus: 27, Ciego de Ávila: 9, Camagüey: 57, Las Tunas: 11, Granma: 16, Holguín: 34, Santiago de Cuba: 70, Guantánamo: 23
Of the 112,714 patients diagnosed with the disease, 5,548 remain hospitalized, of them 5,428 with stable clinical evolution. 701 deaths accumulate (7 in the day), for a fatality of 0.62%; two evacuees, 54 returned to their countries, on the day there were 1,097 discharges, 106 thousand 409 recovered patients accumulate (94.4%). 120 confirmed patients are cared for in intensive care, 48 critically ill and 72 seriously ill.
Until May 5, 190 countries and 30 territories with COVID-19 cases are reported, the confirmed cases amount to 155 million 620 thousand 878 (+ 873 thousand 803) with 18 million 626 thousand 671 active cases and 3 million 249 thousand 649 deaths (+ 15 thousand 369) for a lethality of 2.09 (=).
In the region of the Americas, 63 million 845 thousand 564 confirmed cases (+189 thousand 094) are reported, 41.03% of the total cases reported in the world, with 8 million 986 thousand 931 active cases and 1 million 552 thousand 440 deaths (+ 5,994) for a fatality of 2.43 (=).
