Havana, Cuba: The Cuban Ministry of Public Health reports on its website that at midnight yesterday, August 18, 101,541 patients were admitted, 51,731 suspects, 4,538 under surveillance and 45 confirmed active thousand 272.
For COVID-19, a total of 48,651 samples were made, resulting in 8,972 positive. The country accumulates 7 million 338 thousand 692 samples made and 554 thousand 247 positive.
Of the total number of cases (8972): 8931 were contacts of confirmed cases; 12 with a source of infection abroad; 29 without a specified source of infection. Of the 8,972 cases diagnosed, 4,751 were female and 4,221 male.
3.7% (339) of the 8,972 positive cases were asymptomatic, accumulating a total of 113,659, which represents 20.5% of those confirmed to date.
The 8972 diagnosed cases belong to the age groups: under 20 years old (1752), from 20 to 39 years old (2570), from 40 to 59 years old (2858) and over 60 years old (1792).
Residence by province of confirmed cases:
Pinar del Río: 1139, Artemisa: 420, Havana: 958, Mayabeque: 413, Matanzas: 262, Cienfuegos: 1172, Villa Clara: 443, Sancti Spíritus: 420, Ciego de Ávila: 834, Camagüey: 590, Las Tunas: 351, Granma: 324, Holguín: 633 and Guantánamo: 391
Of the 554 thousand 247 patients diagnosed with the disease, 45 thousand 272 remain hospitalized, of them 44 thousand 786 with stable clinical evolution. There are 4,319 deaths (79 in the day), a fatality of 0.78% vs 2.1% in the world and 2.5% in the Americas; two evacuees, 55 returned to their countries, on the day there were 8,351 discharges, 504 thousand 599 recovered patients accumulate. 486 confirmed patients are cared for in intensive care, including 134 critical and 352 severe.
On the day, 79 deceased patients were reported.
Until August 18, 190 countries and 32 territories with COVID-19 cases are reported, the confirmed cases amount to 210 million 59 thousand 768 (+ 725 thousand 400) with 17 million 465 thousand 814 active cases and 4 million 404 thousand 266 deaths ( + 10 thousand 829) for a fatality of 2.1% (=).
In the Americas region, 81 million 986 thousand 811 confirmed cases (+ 277 thousand 801) are reported, 39.03% of the total cases reported in the world, with 8 million 918 thousand 185 active cases and 2 million 81 thousand 756 deceased (+ 3,902) for a lethality of 2.5% (=).