Havana (Cuba), June 27: Cuba on Saturday reported 2,403 new cases and 12 deaths from COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections to 179,656 and the death toll to 1,231.
The Ministry of Public Health reported that a record 11,100 Cubans have been hospitalized with the disease.
The central province of Camaguey, which reported 402 cases, now leads the country in the case incidence rate, with 360.9 infections per 100,000 inhabitants, followed by Matanzas, with 354.8, and Mayabeque, with 316.6.
Havana, which was for several months the epicenter of the disease, has seen cases decrease after an emergency vaccination campaign in the city using the Abdala vaccine candidate, with authorities aiming to vaccinate all 2.2 million people in the capital by July.
The emergency intervention is continuing in the provinces of Pinar del Rio, Matanzas, Santiago de Cuba, and the Special Municipality of Isla de la Juventud, with the Abdala vaccine as well as another vaccine candidate, Soberana-02.
So far, 5.32 million doses of Soberana-02 and Abdala have been administered, and just over 2.55 million Cubans have received at least one dose of vaccine.
Source: Xinhua