Dr. Francisco Duran, national director of Epidemiology at MINSAP, explained that all molecular biology laboratories in Cuba made 28,128 PCR tests in real time on Saturday to detect the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, totaling 10,360,433 samples so far.
In his regular press briefing on television, Dr. Duran pointed out that 17,440 patients are admitted in hospitals or homes, 9,950 of them are Covid-19 suspects, 1,759 are under epidemiological surveillance and 5,731 are active patients.
The country has accumulated 945,750 contagions and 8,182 deaths since the pandemic broke out in March 2020.
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