Havana, May 26 (RHC)-- The National Director of Epidemiology of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Francisco Duran, reported that there were 16 new cases of COVID-19, for an total of 1,963 positive cases across the island.
During his daily press briefing held Tuesday morning, Dr. Duran said that over the past 24 hours -- up to 12 midnight Monday night -- fortunately, no patients died from the coronavirus. A total of 82 patients have died from COVID-19 in Cuba over the past several months.
To date, 1,709 patients have recovered -- with an additional 5 patients released from hospitals during the day on Monday.
