BY BGIS | FEB 21, 2021 | CORONA VIRUS, TOP STORIES
Barbados recorded 57 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, February 20, out of the 756 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. There were 56 recoveries and the number of active cases is now 771.
The 57 new positive cases comprised 29 women and 28 men. Two of them had already been at the Harrison Point Isolation Facility undergoing assessment to determine whether their positive PCR test result showed that they were in fact newly positive, or whether they had COVID in the past and were no longer infectious.
Fifty-three of the new cases were Barbadians and two were non-nationals.
Barbados has recorded 2,772 confirmed cases – 1,272 females and 1,500 males – and 1,970 persons have recovered. There have been 31 deaths from the viral illness. Since February 2020, the public health laboratory has completed 120,811 tests.
There were 1,346 persons vaccinated on Saturday, as part of the National Vaccination Programme for COVID-19. To date, a total of 15,837 vaccinations have been administered – 6,981 men and 8,856 women.
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BARBADOS: Two Barbadians succumb to COVID-19, death toll stands at 31
First Published on February 19, 2021 in Barbados Today
A 60-year-old man and a 93-year-old woman have both lost their fight to COVID-19, bringing the death toll to 31.
The male, who had underlying conditions passed away this morning at Harrison Point Isolation Facility where he had been a patient for a month. He was on a ventilator for the past 18 days, the Covid Communication Unit said in statement this evening.
The 93-year-old woman who also had comorbidities died on Thursday nightat Enmore after being admitted, first to the Accident and Emergency Department of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital on the 17 February.
The deaths come amid Government’s national programme which has vaccinated over 11,000 people in less than a week.
The Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine, which is being used in Barbados, has been deemed by the World Health Organisation to be suitable for all populations and age groups.
Minister of Health and Wellness Lt Col Hon Jeffrey Bostic extends condolences to the families now in mourning.
He noted that Government was doing everything possible “to contain, manage and significantly reduce incidents of COVID-19 infections in our country and to protect our frontline workers, persons with NCDs and seniors.”
“Once vaccinated, Barbadians would be protected from the most serious forms of the illness which result in hospitalisation and death. The vaccination programme is therefore a very important weapon in the national arsenal against COVID.
It is also expected that the present period of pause and the restriction of movement this coming weekend will help to stop the spread of Covid-19.”
