Help us keep OnCuba alive here Yesterday, COVID-19 left 15 infections on the island, although there were no deaths and four days have gone by without reports of fatalities. The new infections were all located in Havana, and 11 of them are related to the local transmission event at the AICA Laboratories, warned Dr. Francisco Durán, national director of epidemiology at the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP). https://twitter.com/MINSAPCuba/status/1268167891922362374 “The main focuses we have today are in work centers, which have an impact on the population. If the measures had been complied with, many of them would not have occurred,” Durán said in his briefing, where he reported that yesterday three people were discharged, for a current total amount of 1,830 recovered cases. Of the 15 infections reported today, all Cubans, 11 were asymptomatic. Again, women predominate over men (9-6). The most affected age group was 40 to 60 years, with 11 cases. https://oncubanews.com/especiales/especial-sobre-la-covid-19/ At midnight on June 2, 507 people were hospitalized for clinical epidemiological surveillance and 1,973 were under primary healthcare surveillance in their homes. The country has processed a total of 110,349 tests; of these, 2,107 have been positive, while the number of deaths remains at 83. Help...

Cuba and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) signed an agreement for the execution of a project to confront climate change for an amount of 119 million dollars. It will benefit vulnerable communities distributed in three of the island’s provinces. The Ministry of Agriculture (MINAG) and FAO designed the project approved at the Board of the Green Climate Fund (FVC), held in Geneva, Switzerland, according to the Agecia Cubana de Noticias (ACN) news agency. The FVC will contribute 38.2 million dollars, while the Cuban government will contribute 81.7 million in co-financing for a project that is the first in the nation supported by the Fund, and the fourth jointly formulated with the FAO in Latin America and the Caribbean, approved by that international financial mechanism. The initiative “Increasing the resilience of rural families and communities to the climate through the rehabilitation of productive territories in selected localities of the Republic of Cuba,” will be implemented in seven of the municipalities most vulnerable to the effects of climate change in the Cuban provinces of Matanzas, Villa Clara and Las Tunas. Its objective is to improve food and nutrition security and increase the stability of local food production systems, employment...

With the death this Sunday night of Dr. Eugenio Suárez Utria, two Cubans have recently died in in Ecuador as a result of COVID-19. Suarez Utria had been fighting the new coronavirus for weeks until his body was defeated by the disease this Sunday night. A native of Holguín, a gastroenterologist, he had been residing in Ecuador for seven years, where he worked at the Ecuadorian Social Security Institute (IESS) General Hospital, in the city of San Antonio de Machala. Just a few hours earlier, Maikel Alba Pérez, a pediatrician, specialist in the emergency medical area at the Francisco Orellana General Hospital, had lost his life. Alba Pérez also spent days fighting the virus that in Ecuador has killed more than 3,300 people and the number of infected exceeds 39,000. Maikel Alba Pérez was a native of Baracoa and lived in Ecuador since 2014, according to the Facebook page of the Association of Cuban Residents in Ecuador, which reported both deaths.  

In the first twenty-four hours of June, the Cuban health authorities recorded 9 infections while the deaths were still contained. With the data, after the rebound in late May, the pandemic-related figures again dropped. “Ten provinces, and the special municipality of Isla de la Juventud, have not diagnosed cases for 15 days,” said Dr. Francisco Durán, national director of epidemiology of the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP), who is in charge of updating these data every morning. https://twitter.com/MINSAPCuba/status/1267804802127364096 The 9 confirmed cases correspond to Cubans and 7 of them were related to identified cases. In two individuals, the source of infection is not specified. Women predominated over men (6 -3) and the most affected age groups were: under 40, with 3; followed by the group from 40 to 60, with 3; and over 60, with three; 66.6% of the new patients were asymptomatic. At the close of yesterday, June 1, 444 people were hospitalized for epidemiological clinical surveillance and 1,736 were under primary healthcare surveillance in their homes. https://oncubanews.com/especiales/especial-sobre-la-covid-19/ The balance of the SARS-CoV-2 virus for Cuba has been 83 deaths and 2,092 infections until today; 1,827 people have recovered. The country has processed a total of 108,389 tests, the...

Authorities in the southern United States are continuing to adjust their plans for the hurricane season as the new coronavirus pandemic persists. The big question is: where will people fleeing the storms go? In McIntosh County, Georgia, director of Emergency Management Ty Poppell said evacuations during the pandemic will be a “nightmare,” and that he was concerned about the social distancing in shelters and buses where people would be transferred. Hurricane season officially begins on June 1, although tropical storms Arthur and Bertha were very early. Experts expect a more active season than usual. “Everything we do will be affected, in one way or another, by COVID-19,” said Jared Moskowitz, director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management. https://oncubanews.com/mundo/ee-uu/florida/que-pasara-en-la-florida-si-se-aparece-un-huracan-en-tiempos-de-coronavirus/ Many counties are receiving federal advice and hope to use hotels as smaller-scale shelters. Others plan to use more schools and gyms. The authorities have said shelters are the last resort and urge people to stay with friends or in hotels. But mass unemployment is making hotel spending less feasible. Vice President Mike Pence told President Donald Trump three days ago that the Federal Government will ensure that state and local authorities can manage the hurricanes. “In a nutshell, Mr. President,...

The Cuban Consulate in Moscow reported this Sunday that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, in coordination with the Azur Air carrier, has organized a special flight in which several Latin American citizens, including Cubans, stranded on Russian soil will be able to return to their countries of origin. The flight will leave from Moscow next Wednesday, June 3, with the aim of picking up and repatriating Russian citizens stranded in several Latin American countries, including Cuba. Taking advantage of the fact, and based on the coordination between the local authorities and the embassies in Moscow of the nations involved, “the possibility of returning to their countries of origin will be provided to groups of citizens of those nations who are stranded in Russia.” “On the aforementioned flight, only Cuban citizens residing in Cuba who had come to the call of the Consular Section to update their immigration status and register their request to return to the country may return to Cuba, after acquiring the air ticket,” the diplomatic mission confirmed on its Facebook account, which does not specify how many capacities will be available. https://www.facebook.com/ConsulCubaRusia/posts/543670326238170 The statement explains that the registration of requests is in the...

The Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) reported today that, in the last 24 hours, there were no deaths from COVID-19 in Cuba; however, infections increased to 38. Of that total, 37 were detected in Havana and, according to Dr. Francisco Durán, national director of epidemiology, “are related to three transmission events” already reported yesterday. They are the result of events detected in the La Época shopping center, which led to others in the AICA Laboratories and in the Ministry of Domestic Trade’s National Transportation Enterprise. https://twitter.com/MINSAPCuba/status/1267447081473622017 For these reasons, the distribution of infections in Havana is as follows: 14 in the municipality of La Lisa. 7 in Old Havana municipality. Playa and Marianao, 4 each. 3 in Arroyo Naranjo municipality. 2 in the municipality of Diez de Octubre. San Miguel del Padrón, Regla and Cerro, 1 each. The other contagion was reported from the provincial capital of Matanzas. All the new cases correspond to Cubans; 36 were related to detected patients and the source of infection was not specified in only two individuals. This time the number of women (24-14) exceeds that of men, and the most affected age groups were: under 40, with 19 sick individuals, followed by that...

The Ministry of Public Health reported this Sunday 20 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of infected to 2,045. The authorities confirmed 14 discharges and no deceased.

The price reduction is a “constant demand” from ETECSA’s clients, and “although it is not enough, ever since 2013, when the navigation rooms began, they have been decreasing as offers have expanded and diversified,” said ETECSA’s commercial vice president.

Until midnight yesterday, MINSAP had registered 35 discharges, bringing the amount of recovered patients to 1,795; 3 people were still in serious condition.

Another day without deaths, although 22 infections were reported in Cuba, according to this morning’s report by the authorities of the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP). “It is an achievement that has been consolidated,” said Dr. Francisco Durán, national director of epidemiology, referring to the absence of deceased, a trend that has fluctuated slightly in recent weeks. https://twitter.com/MINSAPCuba/status/1266361161793994752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1266361161793994752%7Ctwgr%5E&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Foncubanews.com%2Fcuba%2Fcon-los-22-casos-de-hoy-cuba-sobrepasa-los-2000-contagios-por-covid-19%2F Havana (17 cases), Artemisa (4) and Matanzas (1) concentrated the 22 infections, which correspond to Cubans. Of this group, 18 were related to detected patients. The most affected age groups were those under 40, followed by the 40-60 age group; 72.7% of the positive cases were asymptomatic, according to today’s report. Twenty-six patients were discharged yesterday, and the condition of three others was serious. Until midnight May 28, 569 patients were hospitalized for epidemiological clinical surveillance and 1,815 were under primary healthcare surveillance in their homes. Both figures experienced a slight increase. https://oncubanews.com/especiales/especial-sobre-la-covid-19/ The country has processed a total of 101,108 tests. Only yesterday, 1,363 were made, said the MINSAP authorities. The SARS-CoV-2 virus has left Cuba with a total of 82 dead and 2,500 infected. The number of recovered patients is 1,760.

The Cuban government is assessing strategies for an eventual return to normality after the health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic on the island, Prensa Latina news agency reported this Wednesday. Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero insisted on reinforcing security measures to prevent future events of local transmission of the disease, the source added. “That will make it easier for us when the recovery begins; the rest of the activities, and investments, will be made following the successful protocols to date,” Marrero said this Tuesday during the daily meeting of the island’s executive to discuss the situation of the coronavirus epidemic on the island. https://oncubanews.com/cuba/cuba-prepara-plan-sanitario-para-vuelta-a-la-normalidad/ The prime minister highlighted the work of the institutions belonging to the Ministries of Industry and of Construction to “maintain the vitality of services” without reporting major sources of contagion. During the meeting, led by Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, the top Cuban leaders recognized the decreasing trend of COVID-19 cases in the country. Minister of Public Health José Ángel Portal explained that the number of patients in hospitals and isolation centers has maintained its downward trend since April 22, when the maximum peak of hospitalized people in Cuba was recorded. At that time there were...

Mathematical models developed by a group of Cuban scientists predict that COVID-19 could become endemic on the island as of May 30, while Havana, epicenter of the epidemic in Cuba, will continue to report active cases until July 10. If the COVID-19 becomes endemic in Cuba, the first fresh outbreak of the disease should occur in mid-November, the dean of the Faculty of Mathematics at the University of Havana, Raúl Guinovart, told Cubadebate this Wednesday. Endemic point model of COVID-19 in Cuba. Infographic: cubadebate.cu. *Caption:  Reproductive number Ro=1.4 Amount of active persons Amount of susceptible persons “The graph shows us that at the beginning of the disease the curve grew between susceptible and sick persons; then the number of infected people decreases to almost zero, as happens now when we are managing to control the disease; but then there will be a fresh outbreak with a more discreet peak because there remains a very large susceptible population,” the professor explained. “Later the curve decreases again and then it would continue to infinity, unless current conditions change (everyone gets a vaccine or a vaccine emerges). The ideal in this graph is to have this point closer to zero in order to...

Cuba had 9 infections and yesterday did not report deaths due to the pandemic, as reported this morning by the authorities of the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP), with which the death toll remains at 82 and the infections amount to 1,983. Ten patients were discharged and, therefore, according to Dr. Francisco Durán, national director of epidemiology, there are more discharges than hospitalizations. A patient was reported in serious condition. https://twitter.com/MINSAPCuba/status/1265992293531684867?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1265992293531684867%7Ctwgr%5E&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Foncubanews.com%2Fcuba%2Fcontinua-bajando-la-curva-nueve-casos-positivos-a-la-covid-19-y-ninguna-muerte-en-cuba-durante-la-jornada-de-ayer%2F The total of confirmed cases corresponds to Cubans; of these, 8 had contacts with confirmed cases. This time the number of infected men is greater (5-4) than that of women, and the most affected age groups are concentrated between 40 and 60 years, with seven cases, followed by those under 40, with two. Four of yesterday’s positive cases were asymptomatic. https://oncubanews.com/especiales/especial-sobre-la-covid-19/ Until yesterday at midnight, 555 patients were hospitalized for epidemiological clinical surveillance and 1,684 were under primary healthcare surveillance in their homes. The country has processed a total of 99,745 tests, for a 2.0% positivity.

The Central Bank of Cuba (BCC) issued a resolution that allows the island’s non-residents to open bank accounts in U.S. dollars, to buy in stores created by the government since last October that sell products in this currency. Sources from the legal section of the BCC explained to OnCuba by telephone that Resolution 73/2020, published days ago in the Cuban Gaceta Oficial, eliminates the condition of the person’s permanent residence, both for making such purchases and for importing products through entities authorized by the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Investment. This is the novelty, according to BCC sources, with respect to a previous resolution of October 2019, which allowed the creation of these dollar accounts only for permanent residents on the island and which was repealed by the new regulations. The drafting of the new resolution, reported this Tuesday by the Agencia Cubana de Noticias news agency, has created confusion as to whether, as of now, it will be possible to pay using the debit cards for these dollar accounts in any establishment of the chains of stores in currencies that operate on the island. In its first Therefore, the regulation provides for the use of U.S. dollars in retail...

There were no deaths from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours in Cuba and 11 people were diagnosed as positive; nine in Havana, one in Artemisa and another in Ciego de Ávila, as reported this morning by the authorities of the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP). Four of the infections reported in the capital were related to the local transmission event that occurred in the well-known La Época shopping center, although the infections are limited to the municipalities of Cotorro, Cerro, Habana del Este, Playa and Old Havana. The case reported in Artemisa is also related to the La Época event. https://oncubanews.com/cuba/evento-de-transmision-de-covid-19-en-tienda-la-epoca-acumula-16-enfermos/ The eleven new infections correspond to Cubans, 10 of them were in contact with detected patients and seven are women. The most affected age groups were those between 40 and 60 years, with five cases, followed by those under 40, with four. Eight of these new patients were asymptomatic at the time of their diagnosis, a number that is increasing day by day in Cuba as in the world, said Dr. Francisco Durán, national director of epidemiology. https://twitter.com/MINSAPCuba/status/1265631989023080448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1265631989023080448%7Ctwgr%5E&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Foncubanews.com%2Fcuba%2Fcuba-sin-fallecidos-por-coronavirus-hoy-y-reporta-11-nuevos-contagios%2F At the close of yesterday, 467 people were hospitalized for epidemiological clinical surveillance and 1,627 were under primary healthcare surveillance...

President Donald Trump extended travel restrictions from the countries most affected by the coronavirus by rejecting this Sunday the entry of foreigners coming from Brazil, which has the second largest number of confirmed cases of the disease, only behind the United States. Trump had already restricted certain travelers from China, Britain, Ireland and other countries in Europe and, to a lesser degree, from Iran. He hasn’t enforced travel bans from Russia, with the third highest number of infections on the planet. Last week the president said that he was considering limiting travel from Brazil. White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said this Sunday’s measure is another of Trump’s decisive moves to protect the country. The president’s management in the face of the pandemic has been widely criticized. The United States has the highest number of infections worldwide with more than 1.6 million confirmed cases. The death toll is expected to soon exceed 100,000, according to a count by Johns Hopkins University. Brazil, the most affected country in Latin America, is second worldwide with more than 347,000 cases and more than 22,000 deaths. Third on the list is Russia, with more than 344,000 reported infections and at least 3,500 deaths. https://youtu.be/8jQkrPW6HKI...

There was no death yesterday in Cuba and the number of reported infections was 16, most of them concentrated in Havana, according to the information offered today by Dr. Francisco Durán, national director of epidemiology of the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP). Thirteen of the positive cases are from the capital, where the most affected municipalities were Centro Habana, Arroyo Naranjo, Diez de Octubre and Habana del Este. Matanzas, meanwhile, reported 3 patients, all in the provincial capital. With this new registration, infections in the capital amount to 955. https://twitter.com/MINSAPCuba/status/1265269037795282944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1265269037795282944%7Ctwgr%5E&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Foncubanews.com%2Fcuba%2Fde-los-16-casos-positivos-al-coronavirus-reportados-hoy-13-son-de-la-habana%2F All the patients identified this time are Cuban, and 93% of them were related to confirmed cases. The number of women was higher than that of men (11-5) and the most affected age groups were between 40-59 years, with seven cases, followed by 20-39 years, with five. Fourteen of yesterday’s the SARS-CoV-2 virus positive cases were asymptomatic. So far the effects of the pandemic on the island have resulted in 82 deaths and 1,963 infections. The number of recovered patients is 1,709. https://oncubanews.com/especiales/especial-sobre-la-covid-19/ As of midnight on May 25, 434 patients were hospitalized for epidemiological clinical surveillance and 1,823 people were under primary healthcare surveillance in their homes.

The World Health Organization (WHO) revealed this Monday that the steering committee of the “Solidarity Trial,” which is seeking treatments for COVID-19, decided to temporarily suspend clinical trials with hydroxychloroquine. According to the WHO, an observational scientific study published this Friday by The Lancet on the effects of these drugs in hospitalized patients who took it shows that they had a higher mortality rate, said Dr. Tedros Adhanom Gebreyesus, director of the WHO. Gebreyesus also stated that a steering committee, representing ten of the countries participating in the trial, agreed to make a comprehensive analysis and critical evaluation of all available global evidence on the use of hydroxychloroquine. The review will consider the data collected to date, particularly random data, in order to adequately assess that drug’s potential benefits and harms. Although a temporary pause of the hydroxychloroquine arm has been implemented within the global clinical trial, the other planned drugs will continue to be tested. The WHO director said that the Solidarity Trial had started more than two months ago to evaluate the safety and efficacy of four drugs and drug combinations against COVID-19, and added that more than 400 hospitals in 35 countries are recruiting patients and there...

Part of the Cuban medical brigade that collaborated in the struggle against COVID-19 in Andorra, will return to the island in the coming days, according to press reports of the European principality. The Andorran government carried out a farewell ceremony this Sunday for the 13 Cuban health professionals who are returning to their country in the coming days, according to the Diario de Andorra, which specifies that on May 15 three collaborators from the island had already left. The official farewell was attended by authorities from the principality―among them the ministers of health and foreign affairs―and the Cuban Consul General in Barcelona, ​​Alain González, and took place at the Panorama Hotel in the parish of Escaldes-Engordany, where Cubans were accommodated during their stay in Andorra. Before, the Cuban health workers toured “the most iconic and emblematic places in the Principality,” the publication reported, citing among the visited places the Casa del Valle, the surroundings of the Canillo church, the Sanctuary of Meritxell and the Grau Roig area. The tour “continued to comply with adequate safety and hygiene measures to prevent any risk of contagion by coronavirus,” noted the Diario de Andorra. https://oncubanews.com/en/cuba/cuban-doctors-are-bid-farewell-with-lombardys-applause/ The Cuban brigade that traveled to the European...

New coronavirus cases dropped to zero in China for the first time this Saturday, but they increased in India. In Latin America, hospitals were overwhelmed by the amount of patients, both in countries lax with respect to quarantines and in those that have been praised for adopting firm measures of social distancing. Many governments are easing restrictions as they face historic recessions caused by the pandemic. Its persistence has placed the authorities in the dilemma of finding a balance between the urgency to revive the economy and the fear of health risks. China did not report any contagion this Saturday for the first time since the start of the pandemic, which emerged there late last year. Mariachis protect themselves with facemasks in Plaza Garibaldi, in Mexico City. Photo: Eduardo Verdugo/AP. In South Korea, there were 23 new cases, mostly in the densely populated metropolitan area of ​​the capital Seoul, where authorities closed thousands of nightclubs, bars, and karaoke rooms to curb transmissions. In early March, South Korea reported around 500 new cases daily until it began to use an aggressive tracking and testing policy to stabilize the outbreak. More than 200 of the latest infections were linked to people who...

The update offered by the health authorities on the effect of the coronavirus on the Cuban population today reported 6 new positive cases and no deaths, bringing the total number of deaths to 82, while the total number of infections is already 1,947. Five of the new infections were detected in Havana, in the municipalities of Diez de Octubre, Cerro, Old Havana and Centro Habana; one occurred in Ciego de Ávila, in the municipality of Morón. They are all Cubans and five were related to confirmed cases. The source of infection was not specified in one individual. https://twitter.com/MINSAPCuba/status/1264906040669241345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1264906040669241345%7Ctwgr%5E&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Foncubanews.com%2Fcuba%2Fcuba-reporta-6-nuevos-casos-positivos-y-ningun-fallecido-por-coronavirus-en-las-ultimas-24-horas%2F Of the six new cases, there were equal numbers of men and women. The most affected age group is concentrated between 40 and 60 years, with four cases, followed by the under 40 age group, with two. Five people in this group were asymptomatic. At the close of yesterday, May 24, 1,996 people were under primary healthcare surveillance in their homes. The country has processed a total of 95,511 tests, of which 1,947 have been positive. Only yesterday, 1,451 were made, according to the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) authorities.

This Friday the last cured COVID-19 patient was discharged, of those linked to the coronavirus local transmission event that occurred in the Home for the Elderly No. 3, Santa Clara, in the Cuban province of Villa Clara. The coronavirus outbreak in that home was the largest transmission event recorded in Cuba so far, and left a balance of 19 workers and 47 elderly people who were infected, three of whom died, the official Granma newspaper reported. https://oncubanews.com/en/cuba/covid-19-outbreak-reported-in-santa-clara-nursing-home/ According to the director of the Provincial Center for Hygiene, Epidemiology and Microbiology, Neil Reyes, right now another 82 elderly people belonging to the center remain under “strict care” at the Marta Abreu Special School for Children with Physical-Motor Limitations, provisionally fitted out to host a part of them. Meanwhile, another 29 are kept under surveillance at the Rolando Pérez Quintosa Special School. The fact that only three of the patients that caused the contagious outbreak in the center have died shows the “colossal effort” of the Cuban health system to save COVID-19 patients, taking into account that this disease attacks the elderly with greater force, said Dr. Reyes. He also stressed that all of the workers affected by the disease are already...

The National Institute of Hematology and Immunology started a clinical trial to use stem cells in people convalescing from the new coronavirus. According to Dr. Consuelo Macías Abraham, director of that institution, it is about the use of adult stem cells in COVID-19 patients who have lung lesions. “We have been able to include in the study patients classified as seriously and critically ill while hospitalized who had acute respiratory symptoms. It has been possible to appreciate in them the permanence of inflammatory or fibrotic lesions, after effects of the infection by the new coronavirus, detected by means of high-resolution Computerized Axial Tomography (CAT),” she said. Photo: FB. She specified that the aim is to eliminate or reduce post-infection pulmonary interstitial or fibrotic inflammatory lesions, preventing the progression of the disease and improving the person’s quality of life. This treatment will benefit all critically and seriously ill patients with proven lung lesions. “We have already treated patients from Havana and patients from other provinces are being recruited.” Lastly, she said that “the trial marks the beginning of the care of the recovered patient in the national health system, including the primary level, with a comprehensive first-level study and the possibility...

The Cuban Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) reported 15 new COVID-19 patients in the last 24 hours, in which there were no deaths due to the disease, according to Dr. Francisco Durán, national director of epidemiology. With the new positive cases, the number of infections on the island totaled 1,931, of which 177 remain hospitalized, Dr. Durán said at the daily press conference on the pandemic in Cuba. https://twitter.com/MINSAPCuba/status/1264185656156266497?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1264185656156266497%7Ctwgr%5E&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Foncubanews.com%2Fcuba%2Fcuba-15-nuevos-contagios-y-ningun-fallecido-por-covid-19-durante-las-ultimas-24-horas%2F Of the 15 patients diagnosed with the coronavirus this Friday, nine were women (60%) and six (40%) men. In Havana, 13 new cases were confirmed, five of them from the Centro Habana municipality. The other two are from Matanzas and Ciego de Ávila, the latter linked to the local transmission event registered in the town of Turiguanó, in the municipality of Morón. Two children were confirmed: one 7 years old and the other 16, although the most affected age group was 40 to 60 years, with eight cases (53.3%); 60% (9) of the positive cases were asymptomatic, according to official figures. After 40 new medical discharges in the last 24 hours, in Cuba the number of patients recovered from the disease reached 1,671. At the close of Friday, 631 patients hospitalized...