Author Name: Carribean Channel, Cuba TV.
This story was originally published on canalcaribe.ict.cu. [1]
Cuba reports 58 new positive cases to COVID-19
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At the close of yesterday, April 8, 2020, 1,860 patients were admitted to Cuba for clinical-epidemiological surveillance. Another 9,087 people are monitored in their homes, from the Primary Health Care.
For COVID-19 thousand 315 cases were studied, 58 samples were positive. The country accumulates 10 thousand 725 samples made and 515 positive. Therefore, at the close of yesterday, 58 new cases were confirmed, for a cumulative of 515 in the country. Of the 58 confirmed cases, 56 Cubans and two foreigners (Italian and Panamanian) were diagnosed.
Of the 56 Cubans diagnosed, seven have a source of infection abroad: the United States (4), Haiti (2) and Spain (1), 35 were contacts of confirmed cases, nine were contacts of travelers from abroad and the source is investigated.
(C) Cuba TV, Cuban state owned media.
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