Havana, May 18 (RHC)-- The National Director of Epidemiology of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Francisco Duran, reported that there were 9 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 1,881 positive cases across the island.  

During his daily press briefing held Monday morning, Dr. Duran said that over the past 24 hours -- up to 12 midnight Sunday night -- fortunately, no patients died from the coronavirus.  This is the fifth 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, 1,505 patients have recovered -- with an additional 10 released from hospitals during the day on Sunday.