Havana, July 18 (RHC)-- The National Director of Epidemiology of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Francisco Duran, reported that there was only one new case detected of COVID-19, for a total of 2,445 positive cases across the island.  

During his daily press briefing held Saturday morning, Dr. Duran said that over the past 24 hours -- up until 12 midnight Friday night -- fortunately, no patients died from the coronavirus.  This is the seventh day that there have been no deaths due to the coronavirus on the island.  A total of 87 patients have died in Cuba over the past several months.  

To date, 2,304 patients have recovered -- with four patients released from hospitalization during the day on Friday.