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Cuba confirmed 8,317 cases of Covid-19 and 86 deaths

Havana, Sep 8 (Prensa Latina) Cuban health authorities confirmed today 8,317 new positive cases for SARS-CoV-2, the cause of Covid-19, and 86 deaths from complications with the disease.

With these numbers, the country totals 712,992 diagnosed since March 11, 2020 and 5,967 deaths.

During the usual press conference, National Head of Epidemiology, Francisco Durán, explained that 57,277 samples were analyzed yesterday for the detection of the coronavirus and that 8,389,906 tests have been studied on the island.

He also pointed out that 98 thousand 655 people remain admitted both in hospital institutions and in their homes, from them 54 thousand 836 are suspects, 4 thousand 190 in epidemiological surveillance and 36 thousand 629 with the active virus.

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