Havana, January 8 (RHC) Cuba woke up Friday with the highest number of COVID-19 active cases ever admitted in hospitals, 2 118, and a new record of daily diagnoses with 344 patients.

Cuba currently accumulates 13 823 confirmed cases since the beginning of the epidemic last March.

The National Director of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Public Health of Cuba, Dr. Francisco Durán, said that on Thursday, the island’s molecular biology laboratories processed 12  092 samples to detect Sars-Cov-2, a number that will be increased.

Duran added that 67, 4 % of the new cases were asymptomatic, and 46 were minors under 20 years.

The specialist urged the population to pay special attention to the protection of children.

Of the newly diagnosed cases, 91 were from Havana, 45 from Santiago de Cuba, 36 from Guantanamo, and 34 from Matanzas. The rest of the provinces also reporting numerous cases, completing the 344 reported in the day.