More than 300 teams are sent to the city to rebuild the power grid ravaged by the storm.
Schools were closed also estimated to have been able to go back on Monday (5/11).
The true toll was reported to reach 11 people, of which more than 180 thousand homes devastated by winds that toppled trees, power lines and ripped homes from their foundations.
Shipment of humanitarian aid also began to flow, including from a number of allies among the socialist-leaning countries.
In southern Cuba as incoming foodstuffs and building materials from Russia, Venezuela and Bolivia.
Food supplies depleting rapidly at the site, said one resident, Bolivar Perez, told the BBC's Sarah Rainsford.
"Many people do not have anything else in the house, they were forced to beg for food. Praise the Lord that I myself had. But I know many who do not have anything because their homes devastated."
As post-disaster conditions in some countries, local authorities also began to guard against the possibility of looting, but according Bolivar signs of foul play was not visible.
"I have not seen signs of criminal acts, but people really difficult situation: to find food and had to cook without electricity without gas."
Cuban President Raul Castro, choosing to remain at the scene until the power is restored.
The number of victims
In addition to Cuba, Haiti is also a victim of severe due to Sandy.
In Haiti which is located adjacent to, the country has not fully recovered from the devastating earthquake two years earlier, Sandy killing fifty casualties and caused massive destruction in the area of agriculture that destroys local food supplies.
In New York City, police confirmed the death toll from Sandy is 40 people. Approximately half of this came from Staten Island, district-level area that lies between the Port of New York to lower Manhattan.
Twenty-two casualties were reported from the state of New Jersey the worst hit disaster, while 13 other victims were killed in Pennsylvania.
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