The National Director of Epidemiology of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Francisco Duran, reported that there were 61 new cases of COVID-19, for an total of 923 positive cases across the island.  

During his daily press briefing held Friday morning, Duran said that over the past 24 hours — up to 12 midnight Thursday night into Friday morning — unfortunately, 4 more patients died from the coronavirus.  There are now a total of 31 who have died from COVID-19 in Cuba.

To date, 192 patients have recovered — with an additional 21 released from hospitals on Thursday.