Cuba reports 62 Covid-19 cases and no deaths

Havana, Dec 19 (Prensa Latina) Cuba on Sunday reported 62 new Covid-19 cases and no deaths in the last 24 hours, a recurring situation in the last few weeks, due to a high vaccination level with locally developed vaccines.

December 19, 2021
12:14

Cuba has accumulated 964,097 contagions since the outbreak of the pandemic in March 2020, the website of the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) reported.

The death toll remains at 8,314.

Of 358 active cases in hospitals, 14 patients are being treated in intensive care units, including four in a critical condition and 10 who are seriously ill.

Meanwhile, 2,460 patients are at home, 1,888 of them are Covid-19 suspected cases and 214 are under epidemiological surveillance.

During the last few hours, 48 patients were discharged from hospitals and 955,368 people have recovered from the disease so far.

On Saturday, all molecular biology laboratories in Cuba made 18,070 PCR tests in real time to detect the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, totaling 11,452,046 samples so far.

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