Cuba registered 104 new COVID-19 positive cases, 41 of them from the Cuban capital, the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) reported this Saturday.
The source details that at the close of yesterday 3,901 patients were hospitalized for clinical-epidemiological surveillance, 795 of them suspected of having the contagious disease and 667 active cases.
Se confirmaron 104 nuevos casos de #COVID19, para un acumulado de 8 mil 714 en #Cuba
667 casos activos
660 con evolución clínica estable
1 paciente en estado crítico
6 pacientes en estado grave
136 fallecidos
7 mil 909 pacientes recuperados
2 evacuadoshttps://t.co/4wdDgt6ely pic.twitter.com/RAEVQCy80V— Ministerio de Salud Pública de Cuba (@MINSAPCuba) December 5, 2020
With these 104 diagnosed patients, Cuba accumulates 8,714 positive cases since the coronavirus epidemic began and 1,166,513 PCR samples analyzed after performing 9,386 tests during the last 24 hours.
According to the MINSAP report, 102 of the newly infected are Cubans and two foreigners.
Likewise, the daily report indicates that 42 people were infected with the virus outside the island. In only two cases the source of infection is not specified.
Yesterday there were 51 hospital discharges, with which the patients recovered from the disease rose to 7,909. This represents 90.8% of the total of contagions.
By provinces, Havana once again reported the highest number of positive cases with 41, followed by Pinar del Río and Santiago de Cuba, with 10 each.
Guantánamo and Sancti Spíritus were the only provinces that did not register infections yesterday.
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