Havana, Cuba: The national director of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Public Health of Cuba, Dr. Francisco Durán, reported this Thursday five deaths and 1,418 samples 415 diagnoses since the beginning of the disease in the nation.
During his usual press conference, the specialist reported that at midnight yesterday 31,973 patients were admitted, of them 5,993 suspects, 18,238 in epidemiological surveillance and 7,742 confirmed assets.
Durán explained that the country carried out 28 thousand 757 samples the day before for a cumulative of 4 million 706 thousand 428 samples analyzed.
The epidemiologist announced that, of the 1,418 patients, 414 were asymptomatic at the time of diagnosis, 1,319 have a source of infection in previously confirmed cases, 33 have a source of infection abroad and in 66 people the source of contagion is unknown and a thousand 385 natives.
Regarding the age groups, 250 children under 19 years of age were diagnosed, and 224 in pediatric ages (11 under one year). There are still a thousand 137 hospitalized assets. In the ages 19 to 39 years, 441 cases were confirmed, between 40 and 59 years about 469 cases and 258 people over 60 years old.
Residence by province of the confirmed cases:
Pinar del Río: 66, Artemisa: 23, Havana: 372, Mayabeque: 71, Matanzas: 101, Cienfuegos: 40, Villa Clara: 54, Sancti Spíritus: 53, Ciego de Ávila: 75, Camagüey: 218, Las Tunas: 12, Granma: 6, Holguín: 81, Santiago de Cuba: 173, Guantánamo: 34
Durán specified that, of the 163 thousand 415 patients diagnosed with the disease from the beginning of it, 7 thousand 742 remain admitted, of which 7 thousand 606 with stable clinical evolution. One thousand 123 deaths are reported (five in the last day) for a fatality of 0.69. The two evacuees remain, 54 returnees and 154 thousand 494 recovered patients accumulate (thousand 296 discharges of the day). 64 critically ill patients and 72 critically ill patients are reported.
Until June 16, 190 countries and 30 territories with cases of COVID-19 are reported, it amounts to 177 million 589 thousand 134 confirmed cases (+ 377 thousand 595) with 11 million 688 thousand 775 active cases and 3 million 840 thousand 736 deaths (+ 8,152) for a fatality of 2.16 (=).
In the region of the Americas, 71 million 94 thousand 180 confirmed cases are reported (+ 181 thousand 142), 40.03% of the total cases reported in the world, with 7 million 628 thousand 158 active cases and 1 million 860 thousand 265 deaths (+ 5 thousand 422) for a fatality of 2.62 (=).
