Havana, May 9 (RHC)-- The National Director of Epidemiology of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Francisco Duran, reported that there were 13 new cases of COVID-19, for an total of 1,754 positive cases across the island.
During his daily press briefing held Saturday morning, Dr. Duran said that over the past 24 hours -- up to 12 midnight Friday night -- fortunately, no patients died from the coronavirus. There are a total of 74 who have died from COVID-19 in Cuba.
To date, 1,140 patients have recovered -- with an additional 62 released from hospitals during the day on Friday.
