The National Director of Epidemiology of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Francisco Duran, reported that there was only one new case detected of COVID-19, for a total of 2,341 positive cases across the island.  

During his daily press briefing held Tuesday morning, Dr. Duran said that over the past 24 hours -- up to 12 midnight Monday night -- fortunately, no patients died from the coronavirus.  A total of 86 patients have died in Cuba over the past several months.

To date, 2,214 patients have recovered -- with three patients released from hospitalization during the day on Monday.