Cuban health authorities reported on Wednesday 6 609 new cases of COVID-19 cases and 74 deaths associated with the respiratory viral disease.
The island now accumulates 659,464 diagnosed cases and 5,377 fatalities since the beginning of the pandemic in March last year.
There were 33 873 confirmed cases hospitalized; of them, 440 were in Intensive Care Units.
The territories with the highest number of cases were Pinar del Rio with 1267 cases, Havana with 773, and Cienfuegos with 611.
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