Cuba: At midnight yesterday, March 31, a total of 8,129 patients were admitted, 4,491 suspected, 19 under surveillance, and 3,619 confirmed active.
For COVID-19, a total of 12,267 samples were taken for surveillance on the day, with 778 being positive for 6.3% positivity. The country accumulates 13 million 454 thousand 322 samples carried out and 1 million 091 thousand 063 positives (8.1%).
Of the total cases (778): 764 were contacts of confirmed cases, 10 with a source of infection abroad and 4 without a specified source of infection. Of the 778 diagnosed cases, 440 were female and 338 male.
4.0% (31) of the 778 positive cases were asymptomatic, accumulating a total of 146,111, which represents 13.4% of those confirmed to date.
Of the 778 diagnosed cases, they belong to the age groups: under 20 years old (246), 20 to 39 years old (174), 40 to 59 years old (194), 60 and over (164).
Residence by province of the confirmed cases:
Pinar del Río: 35, Artemisa: 40, Havana: 91, Mayabeque: 96, Matanzas: 41, Cienfuegos: 22, Villa Clara: 86, Sancti Spíritus: 31, Ciego de Ávila: 115, Camagüey: 92, Las Tunas: 45, Granma: 28, Holguín: 38, Santiago de Cuba: 7, Guantánamo: 9, Isla de la Juventud Special Municipality: 2
Of the million 091 thousand 063 patients diagnosed with the disease, 3 thousand 619 remain hospitalized, of them 3 thousand 586 with stable clinical evolution. There are 8,510 deaths (no deaths were reported on the day), lethality of 0.78% vs 1.26% in the world and 1.79% in the Americas; two evacuated and 57 returned to their countries. On the day there were 774 discharges, 1 million 078 thousand 875 recovered patients accumulate (98.9%). 33 confirmed patients are treated in intensive care, of which 9 are critical and 24 are seriously ill.
Until March 31, 191 countries and 42 territories with cases of COVID-19 are reported in the world, rising to 487 million 923 thousand 458 the number of confirmed (+ 1 million 639 thousand 986) with respect to the previous report with 58 million 916 thousand 005 active cases and 6 million 165 thousand 045 deaths (+ 5 thousand 721) for a lethality of 1.26% (-0.01).
In the region of the Americas, 152 million 643 thousand 965 confirmed cases (+ 148 thousand 610) are reported, 31.3% of the total cases reported in the world, with 18 million 093 thousand 425 active cases and 2 million 729 thousand 689 deceased (+ 2 thousand 303) for a lethality of 1.79% (-0.01).