The number of patients admitted is 771, 259 are suspected to have the virosis and 512 are confirmed active, according to the daily report released by the Ministry of Public Health (Minsap).

To date, the recovery of nationals reached 1,098,608 (99.2 percent of all confirmed cases), while two of the active patients are in critical condition and five, in serious condition.

Cuba accumulates one million 107,708 diagnosed with the pathogen since March 11, 2020 and the total number of fatalities as a consequence of the pandemic amounts to 8,529.

Such behavior places the lethality rate in the Caribbean island at 0.77 percent, much lower than the 1.14 in the world and 1.67 in the American continent, according to a comparison of the data provided by the Minsap.

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