Havana, July 28 (RHC)-- The National Director of Epidemiology of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Francisco Duran, reported 23 new cases detected yesterday of COVID-19, for a total of 2,555 positive cases across the island.  

During his daily press briefing held Tuesday morning, Dr. Duran said that over the past 24 hours -- up until 12 midnight Monday night -- fortunately, no patients died from the coronavirus.  There have been no deaths from the virus in Cuba now for more than two weeks.  A total of 87 patients have died in Cuba over the past several months.