The number of new contagions in Cuba from the SARS-CoV-2 virus rose today to 27, according to the report issued by the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP).
All were contacts of confirmed cases and are reported from three provinces: Sancti Spíritus, with the highest number of cases (23, registered in three municipalities); Havana (two cases in two municipalities) and Ciego de Ávila (two cases in the provincial capital).
Se confirmaron 27 nuevos casos de #COVID19, para un acumulado de 6 mil 062 en #Cuba
259 casos activos
252 con evolución clínica estable
2 pacientes en estado crítico
5 pacientes en estado grave
123 fallecidos
5 mil 678 altas médicas
2 evacuadoshttps://t.co/35c30U9u7c pic.twitter.com/2D6x7V4RTV— Ministerio de Salud Pública de Cuba (@MINSAPCuba) October 15, 2020
The relationship between both genders is quite balanced (13 female-14 male) and 15 were asymptomatic at the time of diagnosis.
There were no new fatalities, a statistic that remains at 123.
25 patients were discharged and seven continued in intensive care, two reported critical and five seriously ill.
At midnight yesterday, 2,501 people were hospitalized, a figure slightly lower than the one reported yesterday.
According to the MINSAP, during the day almost 8,000 samples (7,775) were studied, with which the country has processed a total of 720,834 tests in search of this disease since the pandemic began.
