Havana, May 15 (RHC)-- The National Director of Epidemiology of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Francisco Duran, reported that there were 10 new cases of COVID-19, for an total of 1,840 positive cases across the island.  

During his daily press briefing held Friday morning, Dr. Duran said that over the past 24 hours -- up to 12 midnight Thursday night -- fortunately, no patients died from the coronavirus.  It was the second consecutive day that no deaths have been recorded from the virus on the island.  There are a total of 79 who have died from COVID-19 in Cuba.

To date, 1,425 patients have recovered -- with an additional 42 released from hospitals during the day on Thursday.