During a special broadcast on Ciego de Ávila’s television channel, Dr. Osvaldo Ivañez, director of health in the province, reported the appearance of 13 new coronavirus positive cases.
These are in addition to the four previously identified in the part of the Ministry of Public Health’s report in the press conference on April 6 at 11:00 a.m. Today there are 44 virus positive patients in that territory.
The information describes these new cases as follows:
Case 32: 44-year-old Cuban citizen from the municipality of Venezuela, contact of a confirmed case from Venezuela, hospitalized on April 1, 2020. Four contacts have been identified.
Case 33: 27-year-old Cuban citizen from the Florencia municipality, contact of a confirmed case from Florencia, hospitalized on April 3, 2020. Three contacts have been identified.
Case 34: 5-year-old Cuban citizen from the Florencia municipality, contact of a confirmed case from Florencia, admission date April 3, 2020. Two contacts have been identified.
Case 35: 41-year-old Cuban citizen from the Florencia municipality, contact of a confirmed case from Florencia, hospitalized on April 3, 2020. Four contacts have been identified.
Case 36: 48-year-old Cuban citizen from the Florencia municipality, contact of a confirmed case from Florencia, hospitalized on April 3, 2020. Ten contacts have been identified.
Case 37: 28-year-old Cuban citizen from the Florencia municipality, contact of a confirmed case from Florencia. Two contacts have been identified.
Case 38: 9-year-old Cuban citizen from the Florencia municipality, contact of a confirmed case from Florencia, hospitalized on April 3, 2020. Four contacts have been identified.
Case 39: 9-year-old Cuban citizen from the Florencia municipality, contact of a confirmed case from Florencia, hospitalized on April 3, 2020. Ten contacts have been identified.
Case 40: 74-year-old Cuban citizen from the Florencia municipality, contact of a confirmed case from Florencia, hospitalized on April 3, 2020. Ten contacts have been identified.
Case 41: 6-year-old Cuban citizen from the Florencia municipality, contact of a confirmed case from Florencia, hospitalized on April 3, 2020. Ten contacts have been identified.
Case 42: 32-year-old Cuban citizen from the municipality of Venezuela, contact of a confirmed case from Venezuela, hospitalized on April 3, 2020. Seven contacts have been identified.
Case 43: 75-year-old Cuban citizen from the Florencia municipality, contact of a confirmed case from Florencia, hospitalized on April 3, 2020. Ten contacts have been identified.
Case 44: 50-year-old Cuban citizen from the Florencia municipality, contact of a confirmed case from Florencia, hospitalized on April 3, 2020. Eight contacts have been identified.
Dr. Osvaldo Ivañez clarified that these cases were known in the province after the closing of the aforementioned daily report.
Eleven correspond to the municipality of Florencia and another two to the municipality of Venezuela. In both territories the source of contact is related to positive cases detected in the province.
