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Cuba surpasses 100 COVID-19 monthly deaths for 1st time
Source: Xinhua| 2021-02-28 01:36:53|Editor: huaxia
HAVANA, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- Cuba surpassed 100 COVID-19 related deaths in a month for the first time, the country's Ministry of Public Health reported on Saturday.
With 102 fatalities from COVID-19 so far, February has already become the deadliest month on the island since the onset of the pandemic last March, the ministry added.
The Caribbean country registered four more casualties and another 720 confirmed cases of coronavirus, taking the national counts to 318 and 49,161, respectively.
Of all new cases, 362 were registered in Havana, the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic on the island, followed by the provinces of Mayabeque and Camaguey.
In addition, 100 children under 18 tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday, bringing the total to 5,465.
Francisco Duran, national director of hygiene and epidemiology at the Ministry of Public Health, noted the importance of self-protection and responsibility for vulnerable people and risk groups to continue trying to protect themselves from the virus.
"I have no doubt, we will be able to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic nationwide," he said, adding the epidemiological situation across the country is still complex...
Cuba surpasses 100 COVID-19 monthly deaths for 1st time
Source: Xinhua| 2021-02-28 01:36:53|Editor: huaxia
HAVANA, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- Cuba surpassed 100 COVID-19 related deaths in a month for the first time, the country's Ministry of Public Health reported on Saturday.
With 102 fatalities from COVID-19 so far, February has already become the deadliest month on the island since the onset of the pandemic last March, the ministry added.
The Caribbean country registered four more casualties and another 720 confirmed cases of coronavirus, taking the national counts to 318 and 49,161, respectively.
Of all new cases, 362 were registered in Havana, the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic on the island, followed by the provinces of Mayabeque and Camaguey.
In addition, 100 children under 18 tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday, bringing the total to 5,465.
Francisco Duran, national director of hygiene and epidemiology at the Ministry of Public Health, noted the importance of self-protection and responsibility for vulnerable people and risk groups to continue trying to protect themselves from the virus.
"I have no doubt, we will be able to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic nationwide," he said, adding the epidemiological situation across the country is still complex...