Italian coronavirus patient passes away in Cuba

Published 2020-03-19 03:51:02

Updated 2026-06-03 10:23:54

Cuba has reported its first death as an outcome of the coronavirus. According to Cuba’s Ministry of Public Health, a 61-year-old Italian patient, who was admitted to the critical care room of the Pedro Kouri Institute of medical speciality, died Wednesday (March 18). He was among the major four Italian visitors to be positively confirmed with COVID-19.

On March 17, the general public Health Ministry says the number of confirmed coronavirus cases increased to 10 after three new COVID-19 cases were confirmed by the biological science laboratory of the Provincial Center of Hygiene and Epidemiology of Villa Clara.

The new patients are a 25-year-old Cuban man, a 67-year-old Cuban woman and a 77-year-old North American man.

The older man arrived in Cuba on March 8 from California, USA and began showing symptoms on March 14. All ten coronavirus patients are isolated.

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Monika Walker is a senior journalist specializing in regional and international politics, offering in-depth analysis on governance, diplomacy, and key global developments. With a degree in International Journalism, she is dedicated to amplifying underrepresented voices through factual reporting. She also covers world news across every genre, providing readers with balanced and timely insights that connect the Caribbean to global conversations.