Havana, August 18 (RHC)-- The National Director of Epidemiology of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Francisco Duran, reported 44 new cases detected yesterday of COVID-19, for a total of 3,408 positive cases across the island.
During his daily press briefing held Tuesday morning, Dr. Duran said that over the past 24 hours -- up until 12 midnight Monday night -- fortunately, no patients died from the coronavirus. A total of 88 patients have died in Cuba over the past several months.
To date, 2,794 patients have recovered -- with 102 patients released from hospitalization during the day on Monday.
