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Cuba adds 26 new cases of COVID-19, 36 patients are discharged

Five provinces reported cases. The number of recovered is now 4,787. Yesterday 7,099 samples were analyzed throughout the country.

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There were no deaths yesterday and the number of fatalities from the pandemic remained at 122, with a lethality rate of 2.22%. Photo: Otmaro Rodríguez.

There were no deaths yesterday and the number of fatalities from the pandemic remained at 122, with a lethality rate of 2.22%. Photo: Otmaro Rodríguez.

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The number of people detected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus dropped to 26 in Cuba, as reported this morning by Dr. Francisco Durán during his daily appearance before the press.

There were no deaths yesterday and the number of fatalities from the pandemic remained at 122, with a lethality rate of 2.22%.

Se confirmaron 26 nuevos casos de #COVID19, para un acumulado de 5 483 en #Cuba

572 casos activos
567 con evolución clínica estable
2 pacientes en estado crítico
3 pacientes en estado grave
122 fallecidos
4 787 altas médicas
2 evacuadoshttps://t.co/06z1YnVgNH pic.twitter.com/7BhqpzQAkX

— Ministerio de Salud Pública de Cuba (@MINSAPCuba) September 28, 2020

All the cases were autochthonous, all of them correspond to Cubans, and all were contacts of confirmed cases, according to the information also collected in the report issued by the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP).

The provinces that registered the contagions were Havana (16 infections in eight municipalities), Ciego de Ávila (6 in three municipalities), Sancti Spíritus (2 in the provincial capital), Artemisa (1 in Candelaria) and Matanzas (1 in Cárdenas).

There was a balance between women and men (13), and 12 of the 26 patients were asymptomatic at the time of diagnosis.

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