Actuality

At the close of yesterday, May 22, a total of 1,487 patients were admitted, 1,200 suspected, 22 under surveillance and 265 confirmed active.

For COVID-19, a total of 4,693 samples were taken for surveillance on the day, with 37 being positive. The country has accumulated 13,828,975 samples and 1,105,016 positives.

Of the total cases (37): 35 were contacts of confirmed cases, 1 with a source of infection abroad and 1 without a specified source of infection. Of the 37 diagnosed cases, 20 were female and 17 male.

Three asymptomatic cases (8.1%) were reported, accumulating a total of 146,931, which represents 13.3% of those confirmed to date.

The 37 diagnosed cases belong to the age groups: under 20 years old (17), 20 to 39 years old (12), 40 to 59 years old (4) and over 60 (4).

Residence by province and municipality of confirmed cases:

Pinar del Rio: 2 cases

• Los Palacios: 1 (contact of confirmed cases)
• Pinar del Río: 1 (contact of confirmed cases)

Artemis: 1 case

• Artemisa: 1 (contact of confirmed cases)

Havana: 3 cases

•  Arroyo Naranjo: 1 (contact of confirmed cases)
• Havana Center: 1 (contact of confirmed cases)
• Eastern Havana: 1 (contact of confirmed cases)

Mayabeque: 5 cases

• Jaruco: 2 (contacts of confirmed cases)
• San José de las Lajas: 3 (contacts of confirmed cases)

Massacres: 1 case

• Cárdenas: 1 (contact of confirmed cases)

Cienfuegos: 2 cases

• Cienfuegos: 1 (contact of confirmed cases)
• Palmira: 1 (contact of confirmed cases)

Villa Clara: 3 cases

• Camajuaní: 1 (contact of confirmed cases)
• Cifuentes: 1 (contact of confirmed cases)
• Santa Clara: 1 (contact of confirmed cases)

Sancti Spiritus: 3 cases

• Cabaiguán: 2 (contacts of confirmed cases)
• Yaguajay: 1 (no specified source of infection)

Ciego de Avila: 1 case

• Chambas: 1 (contact of confirmed cases)

Camaguey: 13 cases

• Camagüey: 2 (1 confirmed case contact and 1 imported)
• Florida: 1 (contact of confirmed cases)
• Mines: 1 (contact of confirmed cases)
• Najasa: 5 (contacts of confirmed cases)
• Nuevitas: 3 (contacts of confirmed cases)
• Santa Cruz del Sur: 1 (contact of confirmed cases)

Las Tunas: 1 case

•  Las Tunas: 1 (contact of confirmed cases)

Holguin: 2 cases

• Cueto: 1 (contact of confirmed cases) Gibara: 1 (contact of confirmed cases)

Of the 105,016 million patients diagnosed with the disease, 265 remain hospitalized, 262 of them with stable clinical evolution. There are 8,529 deaths (no deaths are reported on the day), lethality of 0.77% vs 1.19% in the world and 1.75% in the Americas; two evacuees, 57 returned to their countries, on the day there were 46 discharges, they accumulate 1 million 096 thousand 163 (99.2%). 3 confirmed patients are treated in the Intensive Care rooms, of which 2 are critical and 1 is seriously ill.

Until May 22, 192 countries and 41 territories with cases of COVID-19 are reported in the world, rising to 527 million 400 thousand 885 the number of confirmed cases (+ 520 thousand 441) with respect to the previous report with 23 million 730 thousand 804 cases active and 6 million 300 thousand 125 deceased (+ 788) for a lethality of 1.19% (-0.01).

In the region of the Americas, 157 million 797 thousand 619 confirmed cases (+ 80 thousand 331) are reported, 29.9% of the total cases reported in the world, with 6 million 504 thousand 556 active cases and 2 million 767 thousand 853 deceased (+ 305) for a lethality of 1.75% (=).

Taken from MINSAP