Cuba confirmed the detection of 48 new positive cases for SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, causing COVID-19, the number of infected people now rises to 862, according to the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP by its Spanish acronym).

"We will continue defending and perfecting our socialism," said Cuban president Miguel Diaz-Canel today, on the occasion of the 59th anniversary of the proclamation of the socialist character of the Cuban Revolution.

With the confirmation of 48 new positive cases for SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, causing COVID-19, the number of infected in Cuba rises to 814, the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP by its Spanish acronym) reported today.

The Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a diplomatic note to the American Embassy in Havana that refutes the claim that the Newsweek magazine, in an article of April 3, 2020, adjudicates to a "senior official" of the United States Department of Defense and according to whom "the US Intelligence Community has evidence" that drug shipments have been made between Venezuela and Cuba.

With the confirmation of 40 new positive cases for SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, causing COVID-19, the number of infected in Cuba rises to 766, the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP by its Spanish acronym) reported today.

The distribution in Cuban hospitals of the donation from China to tackle the COVID-19 began last Thursday, ratified in Havana Dr. Rolando Rederos, director of the Medical Supplies Company, in charge of this process, according to Granma newspaper.

Cuban foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla said Friday that the staff of Cuba's diplomatic representations abroad are in good health and are in constant communication with them.

With the detection of 58 new positive cases of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, the number of confirmed cases in Cuba with the COVID-19 climbs to 515, informed this Thursday the Ministry of Public Health, which reported three new deaths and another medical discharge.

Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, Cuban foreign minister, called on Thursday for the end of the U.S. economic, commercial and financial blockade against Cuba, at a time when solidarity and cooperation must prevail to face the new coronavirus pandemic.

With the presence of SARS-CoV-2 throughout the national territory and the occurrence of six local transmission events, Cuba is moving to the second phase of the National Plan for the Prevention and Control of the new coronavirus, known as the Limited Native Transmission Stage, and is reinforcing measures to curb the pandemic.