Havana, May 17 (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 1,872 positive cases across the island.  

During his daily press briefing held Sunday morning, Dr. Duran said that over the past 24 hours -- up to 12 midnight Saturday night -- fortunately, no patients died from the coronavirus.  This is the fourth consecutive day that there were no reported deaths of the coronavirus on the island.  A total of 79 patients have died from COVID-19 in Cuba over the past several months.

To date, 1,495 patients have recovered -- with an additional 35 released from hospitals during the day on Saturday.