Some 10,677 patients are in hospitals, 6,200 of whom are suspected cases, 674 are under epidemiological surveillance and 3,803 are active cases (998 more than on Wednesday), according to the daily report issued by the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP).

The number of cases in Cuba has risen in the past few days due to the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, Minister of Public Health Jose Angel Portal said at a recent meeting.

Ciego de Avila is one of the provinces with Omicron cases, a variant detected in Cuba in December, the minister noted.

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