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Cuba: two COVID-19 cases today, both from Havana

Eight patients were discharged. One was reported seriously ill.

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Today’s two SARS-CoV-2 virus positive cases were located in the municipalities of 10 de Octubre and Cotorro. Photo: Otmaro Rodríguez.

Today’s two SARS-CoV-2 virus positive cases were located in the municipalities of 10 de Octubre and Cotorro. Photo: Otmaro Rodríguez.

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Two new infections and no death has been the balance of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours for Cuba, according to what Dr. Francisco Durán, national director of epidemiology of the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP). said this morning.

Both cases are Cuban, a 28-year-old man and a 56-year-old woman, both contacts of confirmed and asymptomatic cases.

|Información diaria|
Se confirmaron 2 nuevos casos de #COVID19, para un acumulado de 2 mil 440 en #Cuba

66 positivos activos
65 con evolución clínica estable
1 paciente en estado grave
87 fallecidos
2 285 altas
2 evacuadoshttps://t.co/y7n5zb6WM2 pic.twitter.com/OmZh8Ww1on

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

For their diagnosis, 2,761 tests were made throughout the country, according to the specialist during his usual daily press conference.

A total of 251 people remain hospitalized and 130 are under primary healthcare surveillance in their homes.

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