{"id":229757,"date":"2020-10-29T13:52:56","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T17:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=229757"},"modified":"2020-10-29T13:52:56","modified_gmt":"2020-10-29T17:52:56","slug":"havana-covid-19-cases-and-outbreaks-decrease-according-to-authorities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/havana-covid-19-cases-and-outbreaks-decrease-according-to-authorities\/","title":{"rendered":"Havana: COVID-19 cases and outbreaks decrease, according to authorities"},"content":{"rendered":"

COVID-19 cases and outbreaks have decreased notably in <\/span>Havana<\/span><\/a> in recent days, according to official reports from the island\u2019s health authorities.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the close of this Tuesday, the Cuban capital reported only one new imported case: a traveler from the United States, who arrived in the country on October 22 through Santiago de Cuba, <\/span>according to<\/span><\/a> Tribuna de La Habana<\/span><\/i>. The media points out that due to this there was a new outbreak in the municipality of Cotorro, where the case was detected.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now, the city of Havana has five outbreaks of the disease, three in the municipality of Centro Habana, one in Regla and the aforementioned Cotorro, while on Tuesday another three were closed in the city, as reported this Wednesday in a meeting of the Provincial Defense Council (CDP).<\/span><\/p>\n

In this same meeting, it was announced that currently in Havana there are only 52 hospitalized patients, of them 48 suspects and four positives, none of which are reported as critical or serious. The contacts of the sick and suspects <\/span>are monitored<\/span><\/a> in their homes by primary health care, in accordance with the provisions of the new plan to deal with COVID-19 in Cuba.<\/span><\/p>\n

Havana: scenes from a particular de-escalation<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n