HAVANA – Cuba registered no deaths related to COVID-19 in the past day, keeping the national death toll at 8,498, the Ministry of Public Health said Friday.
According to its daily report, there were 638 COVID-19 infections recorded in the same day, for a total of 1,071,964 cases.
In addition, there were 2,331 active cases reported in the Caribbean nation, a figure that has been declining in recent weeks.
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More than 9.8 million of Cuba’s 11.2 million residents have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, while 5.9 million have received a booster dose.
The country’s immunization program is being carried out with the Cuban-made Abdala, Soberana-02 and Soberana Plus vaccines.
