Havana, July 30 (RHC)-- The National Director of Epidemiology of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Francisco Duran, reported nine new cases detected yesterday of COVID-19, for a total of 2,597 positive cases across the island.
During his daily press briefing held Thursday morning, Dr. Duran said that over the past 24 hours -- up until 12 midnight Wednesday night -- fortunately, no patients died from the coronavirus. This is the 18th day there have been no deaths from the virus in Cuba. A total of 87 patients have died in Cuba over the past several months.