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Of the 16 coronavirus positive cases reported today, 13 are from Havana

The country’s health authorities report four patients in serious condition. Yesterday there were no deaths.

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So far the effects of the pandemic on the island have resulted in 82 deaths and 1,963 infections. The number of recovered patients is 1,709. Photo: Otmaro Rodríguez.

So far the effects of the pandemic on the island have resulted in 82 deaths and 1,963 infections. The number of recovered patients is 1,709. Photo: Otmaro Rodríguez.

There was no death yesterday in Cuba and the number of reported infections was 16, most of them concentrated in Havana, according to the information offered today by Dr. Francisco Durán, national director of epidemiology of the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP).

Thirteen of the positive cases are from the capital, where the most affected municipalities were Centro Habana, Arroyo Naranjo, Diez de Octubre and Habana del Este. Matanzas, meanwhile, reported 3 patients, all in the provincial capital.

With this new registration, infections in the capital amount to 955.

Se confirmaron 16 nuevos casos de #COVID19, para un acumulado de 1963 en #Cuba

▪170 positivos activos
▪166 con evolución clínica estable
▪0 pacientes en estado crítico
▪4 pacientes en estado grave
▪82 fallecidos
▪1709 altas
▪2 evacuadoshttps://t.co/7h2l3clGnw pic.twitter.com/4a4xD14GSu

— Ministerio de Salud Pública de Cuba (@MINSAPCuba) May 26, 2020

All the patients identified this time are Cuban, and 93% of them were related to confirmed cases. The number of women was higher than that of men (11-5) and the most affected age groups were between 40-59 years, with seven cases, followed by 20-39 years, with five.

Fourteen of yesterday’s the SARS-CoV-2 virus positive cases were asymptomatic.

So far the effects of the pandemic on the island have resulted in 82 deaths and 1,963 infections. The number of recovered patients is 1,709.

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