Cuba COVID-19 Update: 29 New Cases Confirmed, 1,113,292 Positive Cases Accumulated

At the close of yesterday, April 29, a total of 162 patients were admitted, 67 suspected and 95 confirmed active.

On the day in Cuba for COVID-19, a total of 537 samples were taken for surveillance, 29 of which were positive. The country accumulates 14,348,266 samples taken and 1,113,292 positive.

Of the total cases (29): 17 were contacts of confirmed cases; 0 with a source of infection abroad, 12 without a specified source of infection. Of the total cases (29), 10 were male and 19 were female.

Of the total cases (29), no asymptomatic cases were reported on the day, accumulating a total of 147,723, which represents (13.5%) of those confirmed to date.

Of the total number of diagnosed cases (29), they belong to the age group: under 20 years (22), 20 to 39 years (7), 40 to 59 years (0), 60 and over (0).

Residence by province and municipalities of confirmed cases:

Pinar del Río: 2 cases

Pinar del Río: 1 (no specified source of infection)
Matahambre mines: 1 (no specific source of infection)

Artemis: 1 case

Guanajay: 1 (contact of confirmed case)

Killings: 5 cases

Cárdenas: 1 (contact of confirmed case)
Jagüey Grande: 1 (contact of confirmed case)
Limonar: 1 (contact of confirmed case)
Los Arabos: 1 (contact of confirmed case)
Unión de Reyes: 1 (contact of confirmed case)

Holy Spirit: 1 case

Cabaiguán: 1 (no specified source of infection)

Las Tunas: 4 cases

Las Tunas: 4 (contacts of confirmed cases)

Holguin: 10 cases

Holguín: 5 (3 contacts of confirmed cases and 2 without specified source of infection)
Calixto García: 2 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Cueto: 1 (no specified source of infection)
Rafael Freyre: 1 (contact of confirmed case)
Báguanos: 1 (no specified source of infection)

Granma: 1 case

Bayamo: 1 (contact of confirmed case)

Santiago de Cuba: 4 cases

Santiago de Cuba: 2 (no specified source of infection)
II Front: 1 (no specified source of infection)
Songo La Maya: 1 (no specified source of infection)

Guantanamo: 1 case

Imías: 1 (contact of confirmed case)

Of the 1,113,292 patients diagnosed with the disease, 95 are still hospitalized, 94 of them with stable clinical evolution. 8 thousand 530 deaths accumulate (0 in the day), lethality of 0.77% vs. 1.0% in the world and 1.53% in the Americas; two evacuees, 57 returned to their countries, on the day there were 22 discharges, a total of 1,104,608 (99.2%). 1 confirmed serious patient is reported in the country’s Intensive Care.