Havana, May 6 (RHC)-- The National Director of Epidemiology of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Francisco Duran, reported that there were 18 new cases of COVID-19, for an total of 1,703 positive cases across the island.
During his daily press briefing held Wednesday morning, Dr. Duran said that over the past 24 hours -- up to 12 midnight Tuesday night -- fortunately, no patients died from the coronavirus. There are a total of 69 who have died from COVID-19 in Cuba.
To date, 1,001 patients have recovered -- with an additional 47 released from hospitals during the day on Tuesday.
