The SARS-CoV-2 virus added a new death on the Island, while the new infections reported by the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) amounted to 58; of which 26 were imported: 14 of them, Russian citizens whose statistics are confined to the Ciego de Ávila municipality of Morón.
The deceased is a 58-year-old man from Pinar del Río, a resident of Consolación del Sur, whose details are explained in the MINSAP report. With his death, the record rises to 131 deaths from COVID-19 in Cuba.
Se confirmaron 58 nuevos casos de #COVID19, para un acumulado de 7 mil 487 en #Cuba
430 casos activos
428 con evolución clínica estable
1 paciente en estado crítico
1 paciente en estado grave
131 fallecidos
6 mil 924 altas médicas
2 evacuadoshttps://t.co/DRY5rSOoLj pic.twitter.com/Dw2944EJ1I— Ministerio de Salud Pública de Cuba (@MINSAPCuba) November 12, 2020
Of the total of positive cases, 32 were autochthonous infections while 26 individuals acquired the virus abroad; including the 14 Russian citizens, about whom not many explanations are offered, who are added to the statistics of the municipality of Morón.
By regions, today’s positive cases are distributed as follows:
Pinar del Río: 12 patients, from three municipalities. An imported cases diagnosed in the provincial capital.
Havana: six patients from five municipalities. Two cases imported from Playa and Arroyo Naranjo.
Matanzas: an imported case in Cárdenas.
Sancti Spíritus: eight cases, from two municipalities.
Ciego de Ávila: 15 imported cases, from Morón and Baraguá.
Camagüey: four infections; three imported from Camagüey and Nuevitas.
Holguín: four imported cases, from Mayarí.
Santiago de Cuba: one case from the capital city.
Of the total of patients diagnosed after processing 8,203 samples, 31 were contacts of confirmed cases, 26 had the source of infection abroad and in one individual the source of infection is not specified.
On Wednesday, 96 patients were discharged, with which 6,924 have already recovered.
Two people were reported in intensive care: one in critical condition and the other in serious condition.
