Havana, Cuba: The Cuban Ministry of Public Health reported this Thursday 877 new positive cases of Covid-19, out of a total of 13,800 samples carried out for surveillance on the day, 824 medical discharges were given and there was no need to mourn no deceased patient, Radio Habana Cuba reports.
The country accumulates 13 million 354 thousand 156 samples carried out and 1 million 084 thousand 568 positives.
At midnight yesterday, March 23, a total of 9,446 patients are admitted, 5,934 suspects, 26 under surveillance, and 3,486 confirmed active.
Of the total cases (877): 830 were contacts of confirmed cases; 14 with a source of infection abroad; 33 with no specified source of infection. Of the 877 diagnosed cases, 510 were female and 367 male.
4.1% (36) of the 877 positive cases were asymptomatic, accumulating a total of 145,788, which represents 13.4% of those confirmed to date.
The 877 diagnosed cases belong to the age groups: under 20 years old (270), 20 to 39 years old (217), 40 to 59 years old (227), 60 and over (163).
Of the million 084 thousand 568 patients diagnosed with the disease, 3 thousand 486 remain hospitalized, of them 3 thousand 468 with stable clinical evolution. 18 confirmed patients are treated in intensive care, of which 5 are critical and 13 are seriously ill.
There were 824 discharges on the day, 1 million 072 thousand 515 recovered patients accumulate (98.9%), two evacuated, 57 returned to their countries.
No deaths were reported during the last day, but 8,508 deaths have accumulated in the period of the pandemic, a lethality of 0.78% vs 1.29% in the world and 1.79% in the Americas.
Until March 23, 191 countries and 42 territories with cases of COVID-19 are reported in the world, rising to 475 million 377 thousand 335 the number of confirmed (+ 2 million 045 thousand 295) with respect to the previous report with 58 million 425 thousand 912 active cases and 6 million 124 thousand 809 deaths (+ 16 thousand 378) for a lethality of 1.29% (=).
In the region of the Americas, 151 million 905 thousand 803 confirmed cases (+ 106 thousand 402) are reported, 32% of the total cases reported in the world, with 19 million 808 thousand 120 active cases and 2 million 717 thousand 835 deaths (+ 12 thousand 726) for a lethality of 1.79% + (0.01).
