{"id":238277,"date":"2021-04-30T14:08:30","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T18:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=238277"},"modified":"2021-04-30T14:08:30","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T18:08:30","slug":"cuban-authorities-will-inspect-icus-due-to-increase-in-deaths-from-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/coronavirus\/cuban-authorities-will-inspect-icus-due-to-increase-in-deaths-from-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuban authorities will inspect ICUs due to increase in deaths from COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"

Given the alarming number of <\/span>deaths<\/span> from <\/span>COVID-19<\/span><\/a> reported on Wednesday, the Cuban authorities ordered \u201ca review of the work in the ICUs of hospitals,\u201d especially in <\/span>Havana<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Cubadebate<\/span><\/a> reported.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI have ordered that the work in ICUs be reviewed and to delve into all the causes of the re-outbreak of COVID-19 in Cuba, which should not be sought only in the aggressiveness of the new strains that circulate in the country,\u201d Cuban President Miguel D\u00edaz-Canel tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The deputy head of the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP), Regla Angulo, announced that two working groups were created, with intensivists, experts, and MINSAP officials to inspect \u201cthe hospitals in the capital, the intensive care units, the intensive surveillance rooms and also the Coordinating Board, where patients with COVID-19 are classified,\u201d Cubadebate reported.<\/span><\/p>\n

During a government analysis on the epidemiological situation caused by the coronavirus on the island, Angulo explained that they will evaluate what is related to human resources, equipment, medicines and expendable resources.<\/span><\/p>\n

COVID-19 took the lives of 18 people on Wednesday in Cuba, of which 16 died in hospitals in Havana; both figures constitute records for the pandemic on the island, which began in March 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n

The governor of the Cuban capital, Reinaldo Garc\u00eda Zapata, acknowledged that the day was very complex for the city, \u201cwhich confirms that we are in a different moment of the epidemic, based on the high transmission in all municipalities.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

He added that in addition to the deaths, Havana hospitals reported the highest daily hospitalizations of suspected cases, and of those diagnosed with the coronavirus, with 648 new patients.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cuba reports 18 deaths from coronavirus in its deadliest day<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n