On Thursday, all molecular biology laboratories in Cuba made 13,533 PCR tests in real time to detect the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, totaling 13,052,757 such tests so far.

Of 2,586 active cases nationwide, 2,554 are clinically stable while 32 are being treated in intensive care units, including seven in a critical condition and 25 who are seriously ill.

At a press briefing on television, the MINSAP added that 646 patients were discharged after recovering from the disease, so the number of recovered patients rose to 1,057,009.

So far, Cuba has accumulated 1,068,148 contagions since the outbreak of the pandemic in March 2020.

The death toll remains at 8,494, MINSAP reported. jg/iff/mem/joe