Havana, Cuba.- The National Director of Epidemiology of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Francisco Duran, reported that there were 10 new cases detected of COVID-19, for a total of 2,305 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. A total of 85 patients have died in Cuba over the past several months.

To date, 2,037 patients have recovered — with 17 patients released from hospitalization during the day on Thursday.