Cuba's electrical grid shut down on Friday, putting the country into a blackout after the failure of one of the island's major power plants.
Classes have been cancelled and nightclubs and recreation centers were ordered closed.
Millions have been left without power over the last several days as the aging Cuban electrical grid repeatedly collapsed.
Cuban officials blamed a confluence of events from increased US economic sanctions to disruptions caused by recent hurricanes and the impoverished state of the island's infrastructure.
In a televised address on Thursday, Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz said much of the country's limited production was stopped to avoid completely leaving people without power.
He said shipments by boat in the coming days would improve the situation.
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