Cuba has gradually reduced the number of Covid-19 patients for 33 consecutive days.
Cuba confirmed this Sunday 1,319 new cases of covid-19, the lowest figure registered in the last five months, which maintains the trend of reducing active patients that today total 5,731, according to the daily report of the Ministry of Public Health (Minsap).
Today, 17,440 people are admitted to hospitals, isolation centers and in their own homes, of which 9,950 are considered suspected of carrying the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, another 1,759 who are under surveillance and 5,731 active patients, of which 56 They are reported in critical condition and 106 serious.
Of the new infections reported, 1,316 are the result of autochthonous transmission and 3 are imported.
The island accumulates since it detected the first infections in March 2020, a total of 945,750 positive diagnoses and 8,182 deaths, 15 of them registered in the last 25 hours.
Cuba, where 11.2 million inhabitants live, currently has an incidence rate of 276.7 cases of covid-19 per 100,000 inhabitants and the provinces with this highest indicator are the Sancti Spíritus power station (911.2), the western Pinar del Río (805.1), the east-central Camagüey (701) and the eastern Holguín (366.4).
In most provinces, such as Havana, Matanzas, Santiago de Cuba and the special municipality of Isla de la Juventud, which show a sustained improvement in epidemiological indicators, restrictive measures have been reduced that have led to the elimination of the night curfew , the reopening of transport services, gastronomy, commerce, beaches and other activities.
According to the evaluations of the Cuban health authorities, the Caribbean country has gradually reduced the number of Covid-19 patients for 33 consecutive days and in the last two weeks reported the lowest number of pediatric cases, registering 362 positive patients.
This behavior of the epidemiological situation is attributed to the march of mass immunization in the country, which according to data from the Minsap has reached 100 percent of the vaccinable population of Cuba (more than 9.7 million people) with at least the first dose of one of the three anticovid-19 formulas created on the island.
Likewise, the latest report on the vaccination program indicates that more than 6.9 million Cubans (70.9% of the population) have received a complete schedule of three conceived doses of Soberana 02, Soberana Plus and Abdala.
Cuba does not integrate the Covax mechanism created by the World Health Organization for low- and middle-income countries to access vaccines, nor did it buy them on the international market. (I)
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