Dr. Francisco Durán, National Director of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Public Health, in a press conference, at the end of yesterday, July 18, stated that, 6505(226+) new positive cases were confirmed for a total of 288 392.

To date, 1966 deaths by coronavirus (61 belong to the day) have been reported, and 34 575 confirmed cases of which 34 268 with a stable clinical evolution; a total of 251 795(85.7%) medical or epidemiological discharges of which 10 481 belong to the day. There are 143 critical patients and 164 in critical status.

Of the amount of patients diagnosed, 760 (115- ) belong to the capital, all of them native. We regret the 5 casualties by Coronavirus this Sunday.

Francisco Durán informed this Saturday, the province is still experiencing an increased incidence rate and for that reason he called the attention on the strict comply of the protection measures and social isolation because of the still high transmission which is spread in all its territories.

The most affected municipalities in Habana were Centro Habana (100), Marianao (84), Arroyo Naranjo (83), Boyeros (81), Lisa (72), Diez de Octubre (69), Habana del Este (57), Playa (46), Cotorro (33), Cerro (31), San Miguel del Padrón (29), Habana Vieja (26), Plaza de la Revolución (25), Guanabacoa (16) and Regla, 8.

49 965 test were studied for Covid 19, with a result of 6279 positive samples whether with PCR or by antigen. The country accumulates 5 862 690 analyzed samples of which 281 887 were positive.

6397(98.2%) cases were contacts of confirmed cases for a total of 6505 confirmed ones; reaching a total of 277 884(94.6%). 33 of the cases (0.5%) have its source of infection abroad for a total of 9931(0.2%) and 75(1.7%) of the cases have an unknown source of infection.

There were diagnosed 6472(282+) native cases this Sunday and 33 were imported of which 3326(51.1%) female and 3179(48.9%) male cases.

This Sunday the amount of asymptomatic cases increased to a 15 %( 959), for a total of 99 972 which represents 34.7% of the confirmed cases to date. According to this indicator, he pointed out that the trend to the decrease evidences the severity of the clinic chart presented by the new strains, since symptoms appear from the beginning of the disease.

59 434 patients remain hospitalized for clinical epidemiological surveillance, 19 172 suspicious, 5687 under medical watch. It has been confirmed 34 575 active cases (12%) of which 34 268(99.1%) with a clinical stable evolution. An amount of 251 795(85.7%) have been discharged from hospitals.

Of the 6505 confirmed cases, 1270 were under 20 years of age; 1849 between 20 and 39; 2133 between 40 and 59 and 1253, over 60.

The death rate for Covid 19 in Cuba, in July 18, 2021 is 0.67 % per million inhabitants which is lower than the 2.15% for the world and the 2.61 % for the Americas region.

Source: Digital Portal of the Government of La Habana/YG