At the close of yesterday, February 18, a total of 9 thousand 855 patients are admitted, 6 thousand 604 suspects in surveillance 88 and confirmed active 3 thousand 163.
For COVID-19, 14,586 samples were studied for surveillance on the day, with 629 being positive. The country has accumulated 12,977,887 samples and 1,064,757 positive samples.
Of the total cases (629): 608 were contacts of confirmed cases, 12 with a source of infection abroad and 9 without a specified source of infection. Of the 629 diagnosed cases, 348 were female and 281 male.
9.4% (59) of the 629 positive cases were asymptomatic, accumulating a total of 144,770, which represents 13.6% of those confirmed to date.
Of the 629 diagnosed cases, they belong to the age groups: under 20 years old (166), 20 to 39 years old (171), 40 to 59 years old (175), 60 and over (117).
Residence by province and municipality of confirmed cases:
Pinar del Rio: 18 cases
Mines: 2 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Pinar del Río: 9 (contacts of confirmed cases)
San Juan and Martínez: 2 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Sandino: 3 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Viñales: 1 (contact of confirmed cases)
Artemis: 39 cases
Artemisa: 3 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Bahía Honda: 1 (contact of confirmed cases)
Bauta: 4 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Caimito: 6 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Guanajay: 5 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Güira de Melena: 5 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Mariel: 8 (contacts of confirmed cases)
San Antonio de los Baños: 3 (contacts of confirmed cases)
San Cristóbal: 4 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Havana: 18 cases
Havana Center: 3 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Cotorro: 1 (contact of confirmed cases)
October 10: 3 (2 contacts of confirmed cases and 1 imported)
Eastern Havana: 2 (contacts of confirmed cases)
La Lisa: 3 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Marianao: 1 (contact of confirmed cases)
Beach: 4 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Rule: 1 (contact of confirmed cases)
Mayabeque: 34 cases
Bejucal: 6 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Jaruco: 7 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Early morning: 2 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Nueva Paz: 3 (contacts of confirmed cases)
San José de las Lajas: 12 (contacts of confirmed cases)
San Nicolás de Bari: 2 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Santa Cruz del Norte: 2 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Massacres: 80 cases
Cárdenas: 17 (15 contacts of confirmed cases and 2 imported)
Zapata Swamp: 3 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Colón: 2 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Jagüey Grande: 3 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Jovellanos: 7 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Lemon grove: 3 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Los Arabos: 1 (contact of confirmed cases)
Massacres: 35 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Pedro Betancourt: 1 (contact of confirmed cases)
Perico: 3 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Unión De Reyes: 5 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Cienfuegos: 48 cases
Abreus: 1 (contact of confirmed cases)
Passenger Waiting: 10 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Cienfuegos: 12 (11 contacts of confirmed cases and 1 imported)
Crossings: 11 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Cumanayagua: 7 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Lajas: 5 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Palmira: 2 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Villa Clara: 40 cases
Caibarién: 1 (contact of confirmed cases)
Camajuaní: 3 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Cifuentes: 4 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Corralillo: 2 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Placetas: 3 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Quemado de Güines: 1 (contact of confirmed cases)
Ranchuelo: 2 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Sagua La Grande: 1 (contact of confirmed cases)
Santa Clara: 21 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Santo Domingo: 2 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Sancti Spiritus: 53 cases
Cabaiguán: 6 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Promotion: 3 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Jatibonico: 6 (contacts of confirmed cases)
La Sierpe: 1 (contact of confirmed cases)
Sancti Spíritus: 23 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Taguasco: 3 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Trinidad: 10 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Yaguajay: 1 (contact of confirmed cases)
Ciego de Avila: 59 cases
Baraguá: 2 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Chambas: 4 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Ciego de Ávila: 9 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Ciro Redondo: 4 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Florence: 5 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Morón: 27 (21 contacts of confirmed cases and 6 imported)
January 1: 8 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Camaguey: 35 cases
Camagüey: 7 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Céspedes: 1 (contact of confirmed cases)
Florida: 1 (contact of confirmed cases)
Guáimaro: 4 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Jimaguayú: 2 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Mines: 3 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Najasa: 4 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Nuevitas: 1 (contact of confirmed cases)
Santa Cruz del Sur: 6 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Sibanicú: 2 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Sierra de Cubitas: 2 (imported)
Slopes: 2 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Las Tunas: 35 cases
Colombia: 1 (contact of confirmed cases)
Las Tunas: 9 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Majibacoa: 17 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Manatee: 1 (contact of confirmed cases)
Puerto Padre: 7 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Granma: 27 cases
Bartolomé Maso: 4 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Bayamo: 8 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Campechuela: 4 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Cauto Cristo: 1 (contact of confirmed cases)
Jiguani: 2 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Manzanillo:4 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Media Luna: 1 (contact of confirmed cases)
Niquero: 1 (contact of confirmed cases)
Pylon: 1 (contact of confirmed cases)
Yara: 1 (contact of confirmed cases)
Holguin: 86 cases
Antilla: 2 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Báguanos: 14 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Banes: 3 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Cacocum: 9 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Calixto García: 4 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Cueto: 1 (contact of confirmed cases)
Gibara: 2 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Holguín: 31 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Mayarí: 3 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Moa: 3 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Rafael Freyre: 6 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Sagua de Tánamo: 1 (contact of confirmed cases)
Urbano Noris: 7 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Santiago de Cuba: 27 cases
Boatswain: 3 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Guamá: 2 (contacts of confirmed cases)
II Front: 1 (contact of confirmed cases)
Nick: 2 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Palma Soriano: 1 (contact of confirmed cases)
Saint Louis: 1 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Santiago de Cuba: 16 (9 contacts of confirmed cases and 7 without a specified source of infection)
Songo La Maya: 1 (contact of confirmed cases)
Guantanamo: 21 cases
Baracoa: 3 (contacts of confirmed cases)
El Salvador: 1 (no specified source of infection)
Guantánamo: 13 (contacts of confirmed cases)
Manuel Tames: 1 (contact of confirmed cases)
Niceto Pérez: 1 (contact of confirmed cases)
San Antonio del Sur: 1 (contact of confirmed cases)
Yateras: 1 (no specified source of infection)
Isle of Youth Special Municipality: 10 cases (contacts of confirmed cases)
Of the 1,064,757 patients diagnosed with the disease, 3,163 remain hospitalized, 3,129 of them with stable clinical evolution. There are 8,486 deaths, a lethality of 0.80% vs 1.40% in the world and 1.79% in the Americas; two evacuated and 57 returned to their countries. On the day there were 773 discharges, accumulated 1 million 053 thousand 049 recovered patients (98.9%). 34 confirmed patients are treated in intensive care, of which 9 are critical and 25 are seriously ill.
On the day, 2 deceased patients were reported. We deeply regret what happened and convey our condolences to his family and friends.
Residence by municipality of deceased patients:
Las Tunas: 1 deceased
Holguin: 1 deceased
Deceased by age groups:
Between 50 and 59 years: 1 deceased
Between 60 and 69 years: 1 deceased
Distribution by sex:
Female: 1 deceased
Male: 1 deceased
Main comorbidities:
Diabetes Mellitus: 1 deceased
Arterial hypertension: 1 deceased
Kidney failure: 1 deceased
Uterine neoplasm: 1 deceased
Morbid obesity: 1 deceased
Until February 18, 192 countries and 32 territories with cases of COVID-19 are reported, amounting to 421 million 193 thousand 48 confirmed cases (+ 2 million 46 thousand 136) with 69 million 786 thousand 996 active cases and 5 million 885 thousand 388 deceased (+ 12 thousand 327) for a lethality of 1.4% (=).
In the region of the Americas, 146 million 764 thousand 671 confirmed cases are reported (+ 365 thousand 540), 34.84% of the total cases reported in the world, with 33 million 321 thousand 973 active cases and 2 million 623 thousand 184 deceased (+ 5 thousand 493) for a lethality of 1.79% (=).
