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Cuba reported 24 new cases of COVID-19 and 52 patient discharges

One of the cases is related to the transmission event registered in Mariel, in the province of Artemisa, and the other case is from Cárdenas, Matanzas, in which the source of infection is not specified.

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Cuba reported 24 new cases of COVID-19 and 52 patient discharges, rising the number of recovered patients to 2,620; informed this Sunday by Dr. Francisco Durán, director of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Public Health (Minsap).

22 of the people diagnosed with the virus yesterday reside in Havana, while one of the cases is related to the transmission event found in Mariel, in the province of Artemisa, and the other in Cárdenas, Matanzas, in which the source of infection is not specified.

Se confirmaron 24 nuevos casos de #COVID19, para un acumulado de 3 316 en #Cuba

606 positivos activos
601 con evolución clínica estable
3 pacientes en estado crítico
2 pacientes en estado grave
88 fallecidos
2 620 altas médicas
2 evacuadoshttps://t.co/W5KGJ5EA31 pic.twitter.com/jYOTtuaRAT

— Ministerio de Salud Pública de Cuba (@MINSAPCuba) August 16, 2020

“In Cuba, to date, we have had 49 events of local transmission of the virus, of which 11 remain open”, said Durán in his daily conference on the epidemiological situation caused by the new coronavirus in Cuba.

The total number of patients since the pandemic began rose to 3,316, counting the patients diagnosed on Saturday.

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606, 601 with stable clinical evolution, three critically ill and two seriously ill patients remain admitted in hospitals.

No deceases were reported. The total of deaths remains at 88, according to the Minsap report.

Here you can read the most updated data and how the coronavirus curve evolves in Cuba.

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