Dr. Francisco Durán, National Director of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Public Health, in a press conference, at the end of yesterday, September 20th, stated that, 8289 new positive cases were confirmed for a total of 818 200.

To date,6919 deaths by coronavirus (63 belong to the day) have been reported, and 40 984 active cases of which 40 554 with a stable clinical evolution; a total of 7561(belonging to the day) patients were discharged from hospitals for a total of 770 240(94.1%) medical or epidemiological discharges. There are 129 critical patients and 301 in critical status.

Of the amount of patients diagnosed, 485 belong to the capital, of them 483 are native and 2 imported. We regret 4 casualties by Coronavirus in the capital: Diez de Octubre(2 deaths), Boyeros and Playa (1 death each).

Dr. Durán informed that in the last 15 days, the incidence rate per 100 000 inhabitants has decreased, placing the capital in fortieth position in the country.

The most affected municipalities in Habana were Diez de Octubre (52), Boyeros (48), La Lisa (45), Arroyo Naranjo (43), Habana del Este (38), Marianao (34), Centro Habana (33), Cerro (30), Playa (28), Guanabacoa and Plaza de la Revolución (27), Cotorro (24), San Miguel del Padrón (20), Regla (16) and Habana Vieja (14).

51 261test were studied for Covid- 19, with a result of 8289 positive samples whether with PCR or by antigen. The country accumulates 9 112 128 analyzed samples of which 818 200 were positive.

Of the confirmed cases, 8261 people were contacts of confirmed cases; 10 with source of infection from abroad and 18 with unknown source of infection.

There were 8279 native cases this Monday and 10 were imported of which 4410 female and 3879 male cases.

This Monday the amount of asymptomatic cases decreased to a 0.1 %(5), for a total of 124 649 which represents 15.2% of the confirmed cases to date.

Of the 8289 confirmed cases, 1836 were under 20 years of age; 1984 between 20 and 39; 2569 between 40 and 59 and 1900, over 60.

The death rate for Covid 19 in Cuba, in September 20th, 2021 is 0.85% per million inhabitants which is lower than the 2.05% for the world and the 2.46 % for the Americas region.

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