Cuba has registered 10,664 cases of chikungunya so far in November, which represents an average of 561 new cases per day, reported this Thursday the Ministry of Public Health (Minsap).
The national director of Epidemiology of the Minsap, Dr. Francisco Durán, explained on state television that the cumulative number of cases of this disease – between confirmed and suspected – so far in 2025 amounts to 30,726.
“In just one day (Wednesday) we registered 627 new suspected cases of chikungunya,” said Durán, who once again described the country’s epidemiological scenario as “complex.”
Last week, Cuba designated the current outbreak of arbovirosis (mosquito-transmitted diseases) as an “epidemic,” with multiple cases of chikungunya, but also dengue and, to a lesser extent, oropouche.
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Regarding dengue, Durán specified that the total number of cases this year is 2,098, with 107 new patients detected the previous day.
The total figure differs from the one managed by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)which is based on Minsap statistics, and which reported 9,602 cases of dengue between January and September, with 115 serious cases and three deaths.
Durán added that the health system documented a total of 4,708 patients with “non-specific febrile symptoms” the day before – the first sign of dengue or chikungunya – with 84.1% admitted to their homes.
According to the specialist, 81 people remain in intensive care, with 18 minors in critical condition.
The current economic crisis in Cuba limits the capacity for prevention – mainly through massive fumigation against mosquitoes -, control – with tests to confirm the type of disease – and care for the sick.
Durán himself acknowledged that the official figures are an under-report because a good number of patients do not go to hospitals.
