HAVANA, May 9 (Xinhua) -- Cuba exceeded 115,000 cases of the novel coronavirus disease after registering another 1,069 infections and 10 deaths, the Cuban Ministry of Public Health reported on Sunday.
According to the ministry, with these figures, the accumulated number of cases reached 115,981 and the death toll rose to 732.
During his daily televised report, the national director of hygiene and epidemiology at the ministry, Francisco Duran, explained that 1,035 of the new reported cases were from community transmission.
In Havana, 680 cases were reported, an incidence rate of 480.6 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, the highest in the country.
The government confirmed on Sunday that starting next Wednesday, mass vaccinations will begin in seven municipalities of Havana and will continue in the second half of May in the provinces of Pinar del Rio, Matanzas, Santiago de Cuba, and the Special Municipality of Isla de la Juventud.
Two of the five Cuban vaccine candidates, Soberana-02 and Abdala, will be used in the campaign.
Vaccine candidates Soberana-01, Soberana Plus and Mambisa are in different phases of clinical trials.
Cuba is facing a new wave of COVID-19 that has caused authorities to close public spaces and suspend in-person classes throughout the country. Enditem
