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Cuba: the 27 new coronavirus infections today were contacts of confirmed cases

Most of the patients correspond to Sancti Spíritus. 7,775 tests were performed. Seven patients remained in intensive care. Yesterday, 25 people overcame the disease.

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25 patients were discharged and seven continued in intensive care, two reported critical and five seriously ill. Photo: Otmaro Rodríguez.

25 patients were discharged and seven continued in intensive care, two reported critical and five seriously ill. Photo: Otmaro Rodríguez.

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The number of new contagions in Cuba from the SARS-CoV-2 virus rose today to 27, according to the report issued by the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP).

All were contacts of confirmed cases and are reported from three provinces: Sancti Spíritus, with the highest number of cases (23, registered in three municipalities); Havana (two cases in two municipalities) and Ciego de Ávila (two cases in the provincial capital).

Se confirmaron 27 nuevos casos de #COVID19, para un acumulado de 6 mil 062 en #Cuba

259 casos activos
252 con evolución clínica estable
2 pacientes en estado crítico
5 pacientes en estado grave
123 fallecidos
5 mil 678 altas médicas
2 evacuadoshttps://t.co/35c30U9u7c pic.twitter.com/2D6x7V4RTV

— Ministerio de Salud Pública de Cuba (@MINSAPCuba) October 15, 2020

The relationship between both genders is quite balanced (13 female-14 male) and 15 were asymptomatic at the time of diagnosis.

There were no new fatalities, a statistic that remains at 123.

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25 patients were discharged and seven continued in intensive care, two reported critical and five seriously ill.

At midnight yesterday, 2,501 people were hospitalized, a figure slightly lower than the one reported yesterday.

According to the MINSAP, during the day almost 8,000 samples (7,775) were studied, with which the country has processed a total of 720,834 tests in search of this disease since the pandemic began.

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