The National Director of Epidemiology of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Francisco Duran, reported that there were 34 new cases of COVID-19, for an total of 1,501 positive cases across the island.  

During his daily press briefing held Thursday morning, Dr. Duran said that over the past 24 hours -- up to 12 midnight Wednesday night -- unfortunately, there were three more deaths of patients from the coronavirus.  There are now a total of 61 who have died from COVID-19 in Cuba.

To date, 681 patients have recovered -- with an additional 64 released from hospitals during the day on Wednesday.