Two months after the first cases of COVID-19 were reported, the health authorities in Cuba today reported 17 new patients and no deaths, for a total of 1,783 positive cases and 77 deaths from the pandemic.
Of the new infections, 16 acquired the disease due to having been in contact with already detected cases; meanwhile, in an individual the source of contagion was not established; 88.2% of that total was asymptomatic.
Se confirmaron 17 nuevos casos de #COVID19, para un acumulado de 1783 en #Cuba.
▪ 475 positivos activos
▪ 468 con evolución clínica estable
▪ 1 pacientes en estado crítico
▪ 6 pacientes en estado grave
▪ 77 fallecidos
▪ 1229 altas
▪ 2 evacuadoshttps://t.co/xG6HPpwEtS pic.twitter.com/IQiXm4HCpk— Ministerio de Salud Pública de Cuba (@MINSAPCuba) May 11, 2020
The residence of the confirmed cases is as follows:
- Havana: 6 cases (Cotorro and Regla municipalities, 2 each; Arroyo Naranjo and Old Havana, 1 each).
- Matanzas: 3 cases (2 from Matanzas municipality; 1 from Limonar municipality).
- Villa Clara: 1 case (from Santa Clara municipality).
- Camagüey: 7 cases (6 from Camagüey municipality; 1 from Florida municipality).
Of the total reported today, 10 were male.
The most affected aged groups were between 40 and 59 years old, with seven cases; followed by the group between 20 to 39 years, with six.
In its report today, MINSAP informed of one critically ill patient and six seriously ill patients.
At the close of midnight yesterday, at the time of this report, 1,553 patients were hospitalized for clinical epidemiological surveillance and another 3,900 people were under primary healthcare surveillance in their homes.
Cuba has processed to date a total of 69,182 tests.
