1357 of the 7784 new positive identified cases of Covid 19 are from La Habana
Dr. Francisco Durán, National Director of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Public Health, in a press conference, at the end of yesterday, July 22, stated that, 7784(39+) new positive cases were confirmed for a total of 316 383.
To date, 2203 deaths by coronavirus (66 belong to the day) have been reported,6 932 medical discharges which belong to the day, 37 435(1786+) confirmed cases of which 37 107 with a stable clinical evolution; a total of 277 689(87.4%) medical or epidemiological discharges. There are 129 critical patients and 199 in critical status.
Of the amount of patients diagnosed, 1357(135+) belong to the capital, 1352 of them are native and 5 imported. We regret the 5 casualties by Coronavirus this Thursday.
Francisco Durán informed this Thursday, that the province is still experiencing an increased incidence rate and for that reason he called the attention on the strict comply of the protection measures and social isolation because of the still high transmission which is spread in all its territories.
The most affected municipalities in Habana were Marianao(166),Habana Vieja(154),Arroyo Naranjo(130),Playa(128),Lisa(122),Diez de Octubre(92),Centro Habana y Boyeros(86 each),Habana del Este(81),Cerro(79), Plaza de la Revolución(62),San Miguel del Padrón(55),Cotorro(48)Guanabacoa(55), and Regla,33.
51 425 test were studied for Covid 19, with a result of 7 784 positive samples whether with PCR or by antigen. The country accumulates 6 099 427 analyzed samples of which 316 383 were positive.
769(98.8%) cases were contacts of confirmed cases for a total of 7784 confirmed ones; reaching a total of 305 703. 44 of the cases (0.6%) have its source of infection abroad for a total of 10054 and 48(0.6%) of the cases have an unknown source of infection.
There were diagnosed 7 738 native cases this Monday and 46 were imported of which 4077(52.4%) female and 3707(47.6%) male cases.
This Wednesday the amount of asymptomatic cases decreased to an 6.5 %( 507), for a total of 103 004 which represents 32.4% 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.
60 994 patients remain hospitalized for clinical epidemiological surveillance, 20 118 suspected cases, 3441 under medical watch. It has been confirmed 37 435 active cases (11.81%) of which 3107(99.1%) with a clinical stable evolution. An amount of 277 689(87.4%) have been discharged from hospitals.
Of the 7745 confirmed cases, 1394 were under 20 years of age; 2209 between 20 and 39; 2484 between 40 and 59 and 1557, over 60.
The death rate for Covid 19 in Cuba, in July 21, 2021 is 0.7 % per million inhabitants which is lower than the 2.15% for the world and the 2.62 % for the Americas region.
Source: Digital Portal of the Government of La Habana/YG