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publicado el 23/11/2021

13 new positive identified cases of Covid- 19 are from La Habana

Dr. Francisco Durán, National Director of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Public Health, in a press conference, at the end of yesterday, November 22nd, stated that, 234 new positive cases were confirmed for a total of 961 276 from the beginning of the outbreak on March 11th ,2020.

To date, 8298 deaths by coronavirus (3 belong to the day) have been reported, and 1251 active cases of which 1215 with a stable clinical evolution; a total of 346(belonging to the day) patients were discharged from hospitals for a total of 951 670(99%) medical or epidemiological discharges. 4386 patients remain in hospital admission, 2960 suspicious and 175 under medical surveillance.

The incidence rate is still decreasing in all the municipalities in Havana. 13 cases were identified in the capital, all of them native. 11 municipalities reported cases.

The most affected municipalities in Habana were Boyeros and  La Lisa(2), Arroyo Naranjo, Centro Habana, Cerro, Diez de Octubre, Habana del Este, Havana Vieja, Playa, Plaza de la Revolución and Regla(1).

14 134 tests were studied for Covid- 19, 234 were positive samples, whether with PCR or by antigen. The country accumulates 10 961 558 analyzed samples of which 961 558 were positive.

Of the confirmed cases,228 people were contacts of confirmed cases,2 with source of infection from abroad and 4 with unknown source of infection.

There were 232 native cases this Monday and 2 imported of which 119 female and 115 male cases.

36 diagnosed patients remain in the Intensive Care Unit, of them 11critical and 25 seriously ill. 

This Monday the amount of asymptomatic cases decreased to 12.7%(32), for a total of 132 373, which represents a 13.8% of the confirmed cases to the date.

Of the 234 confirmed cases, 34 were under 20 years of age; 54 between 20 and 39; 84 between 40 and 59 and 62, over 60.

The death rate for Covid -19 in Cuba, in November 22nd , 2021 is 0.87% per million inhabitants which is lower than the 2% for the world and the 2.43 % for the Americas region.

Digital Redaction of the Government´s Website La Habana/YG

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