Therefore, the number of Covid-19 cases in Cuba has risen to 174,789 and the death toll has soared to 1,209 since March 11, 2020.

So far, 35,371 patients are still in hospitals, 7,589 of whom are suspected cases; 18,296 are under epidemiological surveillance and 9,486 are active cases who carry the SARS-CoV-2, coronavirus, which causes Covid-19, the expert said at his daily briefing on television.

In order to detect the coronavirus, 23,471 PCR tests were made on Wednesday, totaling 4,916,136 such tests since the outbreak of the pandemic in Cuba.

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