HAVANA, Cuba, Jul 16 (ACN) Cuba studied 47,356 samples for COVID 19 during the day, resulting in 6,460 positive ones. A total of 19,198 samples were studied with PCR and 27,994 with antigen. The country accumulated 5,765,259 samples taken and 269,546 positive.
At the close of July 15, a total of 67,993 patients had been admitted, 18,236 suspected, 6,323 under surveillance and 43,434 were confirmed.
Of the total number of cases, 6,370 were contacts of confirmed cases; 40 with source of infection abroad and 50 with no source of infection determined. There were 4, 520 discharges, accumulating 224,265 recovered patients (83.2%) and 65 people died. There are 305 patients in ICUs, including 134 in critical and 171 in serious condition.
Among the 6,460 positive cases, 9.7% (626) were asymptomatic, totaling 97,707, which represent 36.2% of those confirmed to date. The diagnosed cases belong to the following age groups: under 20 years of age (1,178), 20 to 39 (1,850), 40 to 59 (2,177) and over 60 (1,255).