{"id":227772,"date":"2020-09-19T13:34:43","date_gmt":"2020-09-19T17:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=227772"},"modified":"2020-09-19T13:34:43","modified_gmt":"2020-09-19T17:34:43","slug":"coronavirus-in-cuba-two-new-deaths-from-ciego-de-avila-and-holguin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/coronavirus\/coronavirus-in-cuba-two-new-deaths-from-ciego-de-avila-and-holguin\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus in Cuba: two new deaths from Ciego de \u00c1vila and Holgu\u00edn"},"content":{"rendered":"

The <\/span>SARS-CoV-2 virus<\/span><\/a> caused two new deaths in Cuba during the last 24 hours: an 80-year-old man from Ciego de \u00c1vila, and another, 49, resident in Antilla, Holgu\u00edn municipality.<\/span><\/p>\n

The evolution of both was, given their ages and complications, logically different. Both are explained <\/span>in today\u2019s medical report by the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP)<\/span><\/a>; but the Antilla case worries.<\/span><\/p>\n

The deceased had a \u201ctorpid\u201d evolution, two different hospitalizations and municipalities (Antilla and Banes) that began on September 14 and his PCR was positive, as noted, at the necropsy.<\/span><\/p>\n

With these victims, the death toll of the new coronavirus pandemic on the island is 113 and the fatality rate is 2.24%, as confirmed by Dr. Francisco Dur\u00e1n during his morning appearance.<\/span><\/p>\n

The reported new contagions, meanwhile, were 51; 48 of them correspond to Cubans and three to foreigners residing in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n

45 were contacts of confirmed cases and in six individuals the source of infection was not specified.<\/span><\/p>\n

34 men, 17 women, and 37 were asymptomatic at the time of diagnosis.<\/span><\/p>\n

The provinces from where the cases were reported were: Havana (33 new contagions), Matanzas (14), Mayabeque (2), Artemisa (1) and Holgu\u00edn (1).<\/span><\/p>\n

COVID-19 en Cuba: seis meses de epidemia<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n