Havana, Cuba: At midnight yesterday, March 7, a total of 6,934 patients were hospitalized, 4,506 suspected, 37 under surveillance, and 2,391 confirmed active.
For COVID-19, a total of 7,869 samples were taken for surveillance on the day, with 447 being positive. The country has accumulated 13,173,948 samples and 1,073,951 positives.
Of the total cases (447): 426 were contacts of confirmed cases, 4 with a source of infection abroad and 17 without a specified source of infection. Of the 447 diagnosed cases, 245 were female and 202 male.
4.5% (20) of the 447 positive cases were asymptomatic, accumulating a total of 145,313, which represents 13.5% of those confirmed to date.
Of the 447 diagnosed cases, they belong to the age groups: under 20 years old (114), 20 to 39 years old (108), 40 to 59 years old (121), 60 and over (104).
Residence by province of confirmed cases:
Pinar del Río: 9 cases, Artemisa: 7, Havana: 18, Mayabeque: 31, Matanzas: 59, Cienfuegos: 15, Villa Clara: 10, Sancti Spíritus: 72, Ciego de Ávila: 32, Camagüey: 12, Las Tunas: 8, Granma: 25, Holguín: 89, Santiago de Cuba: 28, Guantánamo: 32.
Of the 1 million 073 thousand 951 patients diagnosed with the disease, 2 thousand 391 remain hospitalized, of which 2 thousand 371 with stable clinical evolution. There are 8,501 deaths (no deaths are reported on the day), lethality of 0.79% vs 1.35% in the world and 1.78% in the Americas; two evacuated and 57 returned to their countries. On the day there were 570 discharges, accumulated 1 million 063 thousand 000 recovered patients (99.0%). 20 confirmed patients are treated in intensive care, 4 of them critical and 16 seriously ill.
Until March 7, 192 countries and 32 territories with cases of COVID-19 are reported, totaling 447 million 313 thousand 330 confirmed cases (+ 1 million 109 thousand 120) with 60 million 801 thousand 426 active cases and 6 million 022 thousand 973 deceased (+ 4 thousand 827) for a lethality of 1.35% (=).
In the region of the Americas, 150 million 070 thousand 384 confirmed cases (+ 47 thousand 013) are reported, 33.55% of the total cases reported in the world, with 29 million 009 thousand 723 active cases and 2 million 677 thousand 975 deceased (+ 779) for a lethality of 1.78% (=).