The National Director of Epidemiology of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Francisco Duran, reported that there were 14 new cases of COVID-19, for an total of 2,133 positive cases across the island.  

During his daily press briefing held Friday morning, Dr. Duran said that over the past 24 hours -- up to 12 midnight Thursday night -- fortunately, no patients died from the coronavirus.  This is the sixth consecutive day that there have been no additional deaths from coronavirus on the island.  A total of 83 patients have died from COVID-19 in Cuba over the past several months.

To date, 1,848 patients have recovered -- with 9 patients released from hospitalization during the day on Thursday.