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Cuba exceeds 5,500 coronavirus contagions after 48 cases today

79 patients were discharged. Four provinces report the infections. There were no deaths.

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The new cases, with which the island accumulates 5,531, correspond to Cubans and all of them were autochthonous. Photo: Otmaro Rodríguez/OnCuba/Archive.

The new cases, with which the island accumulates 5,531, correspond to Cubans and all of them were autochthonous. Photo: Otmaro Rodríguez/OnCuba/Archive.

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Cuban health authorities reported today that the SARS-CoV-2 virus produced 48 new contagions in the last 24 hours, while 79 patients were discharged, for a total of 4,866 recovered patients since the pandemic began on March 11.

The new cases, with which the island accumulates 5,531, correspond to Cubans and all of them were autochthonous: 43 due to contacts with confirmed cases and in five individuals the source of infection could not be specified.

Se confirmaron 48 nuevos casos de #COVID19, para un acumulado de 5 531 en #Cuba

541 casos activos
535 con evolución clínica estable
2 pacientes en estado crítico
4 pacientes en estado grave
122 fallecidos
4 866 altas médicas
2 evacuadoshttps://t.co/zp2YSzgw6A pic.twitter.com/dmFvtKDSR7

— Ministerio de Salud Pública de Cuba (@MINSAPCuba) September 29, 2020

The territories reported COVID-19 cases yesterday: Havana (30 cases in eight municipalities), Sancti Spíritus (nine, in three municipalities), Ciego de Ávila (seven, in three municipalities) and Matanzas (two in Cárdenas).

22 men, 26 women, and of the total, 32 were asymptomatic at the time of diagnosis.

By age groups, in the report issued today by the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP), nine children under 20 years of age were reported; 15 between 20 and 39; another 15 between 40 and 59, and nine over 60.

There were no deaths and the fatalities remain at 122.

At midnight on September 28, 7,298 people remained hospitalized on a day in which 7,424 tests were carried out throughout the country in search of the pandemic.

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