Dr. Francisco Durán, National Director of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Public Health, in a press conference, at the end of yesterday, July 15, stated that, 6460 new positive cases were confirmed for a total of 269 546.

To date, 1791 deaths by coronavirus (65 belong to the day) have been reported, and 43 434 (16.1) confirmed cases of which 41 139(99.3%) with a stable clinical evolution; a total of 224 265(83.2%) medical or epidemiological discharges of which 4520 belong to the day. There are 134 critical patients and 171 in critical status.

Of the amount of patients diagnosed, 763 belong to the capital, of them 759 native and 4 imported cases. We regret the 6 casualties by Coronavirus.

Francisco Durán informed this Thursday the province suffered an increase in the incidence rate and for that reason he called the attention on the strict comply of the protection measures because of the still high transmission which is spread in all its territories.

The most affected municipalities in Habana were Marianao(88),Boyeros (81), Arroyo Naranjo(75), Centro Habana(67),Plaza de la Revolución(62), Habana del Este y Diez de Octubre (57 each),Habana Vieja(53), Playa (43),Lisa(38), Guanabacoa (36), Cerro y Cotorro(35 each),San Miguel del Padrón(28) y Regla, 8.

47 365 test were studied for Covid 19, with a result of 6460 positive samples . Accumulating 5 765 259 analyzed samples of which 269 546 (4.7%) were positive.

6730(98.6%) cases were contacts of the 6460 confirmed ones; reaching a total of 259 078(96.1%). 40 of the cases (0.6%) have its source of infection abroad for a total of 9752(3.6%) and 50(0.7) of the cases have an unknown source of infection.

There were diagnosed 6423 native cases this Thursday and 58 were imported of which 3363(52%) female and 3100(48%) male cases.

This Thursday the amount of asymptomatic cases was of a 9.7%, for a total of 97 707 which represents 36.2% of the confirmed cases to date. According to this indicator, he pointed out that the trend to the decrease evidences the severity of the clinic chart presented by the new strains, since symptoms appear from the beginning of the disease.

67 993 patients remain hospitalized for clinical epidemiological surveillance, 18 236 suspicious, 6323 under medical watch. It has been confirmed 43 434(16.1%) cases of which 43 139 (99, 3%) with a clinical stable evolution. An amount of 224 265(83.2%) have been discharged from hospitals.

Of the 6460 confirmed cases, 1178 were under 20 years of age; 1850 between 20 and 39; 2177 between 40 and 59 and 1255, over 60.

The death rate for Covid 19 in Cuba, in July 15, 2021 is 0.66 % per million inhabitants which is lower than the 2.15% for the world and the 2.61 % for the Americas region.

Source: Digital Portal of the Government of La Habana/YG