Record number of coronavirus cases in Cuba, almost 1,200 in 24 hours

Almost 1,200 cases of the new coronavirus Cuba recorded a record number in 24 hours.

The Cuban Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday that in the previous 24 hours another 7 deaths of patients with COVID-19, while 1,183 cases of SARS-CoV-2 were confirmed in the laboratory, an unprecedented number.

According to the ministry, the pandemic toll reached 538 dead out of a total of 95,754 infections.

Havana – 554 cases in 24 hours, per capita 365.5 per 100,000 inhabitants – remains the focus of the crisis in the country, as explained by AMPE.

From January, the Cuba faces a new wave of the new coronavirus pandemic, which is difficult to control despite strict measures imposed by the authorities.

Two domestically developed vaccines, Soberana 2 and Abdala, are in the 3rd phase of their clinical trials. Three others are in various stages of study. Havana, which has been criticized for not yet launching a mass vaccination campaign, intends to immunize the entire population of the country during the year against the new coronavirus.

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