The National Director of Epidemiology of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Francisco Duran, reported that there were ten new cases detected of COVID-19, for a total of 2,413 positive cases across the island.  

During his daily press briefing held Friday morning, Dr. Duran said that over the past 24 hours -- up until 12 midnight Thursday night -- fortunately, no patients died from the coronavirus.  This is the 13th consecutive day that there have been no deaths from COVID-19.  A total of 86 patients have died in Cuba over the past several months.  

To date, 2,249 patients have recovered -- with five patients released from hospitalization during the day on Thursday.