Of the total number of infections as of last Tuesday, 84 were contacts of confirmed cases.

Havana, July 27 (RHC)-- Cuba reported 98 new positive cases of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, 77 medical discharges and no deaths.

The number of patients admitted is 771, of which 259 are suspected and 512 confirmed active, according to the daily report released by the Ministry of Public Health (Minsap).

Of the total number of infections as of last Tuesday, 84 were contacts of confirmed cases, three of them had their source of infection abroad and in 11 cases the cause of infection was not identified.

To date, the recovery of nationals reached 98,608,000 (99.2 percent of all confirmed cases), while two of those admitted are in critical condition and five are in serious condition.

Cuba accumulates one million 107,708 diagnosed with the pathogen since March 11, 2020 and the total number of fatalities as a result of the pandemic amounts to 8,529.

Such behavior places the lethality rate in the Caribbean island at 0.77 percent, much lower than the 1.14 in the world and 1.67 in the American continent, according to a comparison of the data provided by the Minsap.