COVID-19 Update: One New Case Today –
AUG 17, 2020
BY JOY SPRINGER | AUG 17, 2020 | CORONA VIRUS, TOP STORIES
The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 increased by one today with the arrival yesterday of an asymptomatic visitor aboard Caribbean Airways from Jamaica.
The 32-year-old Jamaican woman was the only positive case among the 119 tests carried out by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory.
Barbados now has on record 152 cases, comprising 81 females and 71 males. There are 23 people in isolation, and 122 others have recovered. The public health laboratory has completed 14,542 tests.
————————————-COVID-19 Update: One New Case, One Recovery-
AUG 16, 2020
BY JOY SPRINGER | AUG 16, 2020 | CORONA VIRUS, TOP STORIES
There was one new case of COVID-19 recorded among the 204 tests carried out by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory yesterday.
The 57-year-old Barbadian female arrived at the Grantley Adams International Airport on a Jet Blue flight yesterday afternoon and was immediately transferred to the isolation facility at Harrison Point, St. Lucy, after testing positive for the viral illness.
The results also yielded a second consecutive negative test for one patient at the isolation facility, and that person will be discharged today.
Barbados’ tally of confirmed cases is 151, and recoveries have increased to 122. The number of people in isolation remains at 22.
The public health laboratory has completed a total of 14,423 tests. Included in that number are two tests conducted on Friday, which were both negative. These results were returned late last night after the publication of yesterday’s dashboard.
—————————————COVID-19 Update: Two New Cases, Two Recoveries –
AUG 15, 2020
BY JOY SPRINGER | AUG 15, 2020 | CORONA VIRUS, TOP STORIES
Two more people tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday after being tested a second time.
The two, a 41-year-old female visitor and a 55-year-old Barbadian woman, arrived on a Virgin Atlantic flight on August 8. They are both asymptomatic.
Meanwhile, two people have recovered from the viral illness and will be discharged from the Harrison Point, St. Lucy isolation facility, today.
As a result, while the tally of recorded cases has increased to 150 and recoveries to 121, the number of people in isolation remains 22.
The Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory completed 180 tests yesterday, and a total of 14,217 tests since February 11.
——————————————–COVID-19 Update: Four New Cases, One Recovery-
AUG 14, 2020
BY BGIS | AUG 14, 2020 | CORONA VIRUS, TOP STORIES
Four people will go into isolation today after being diagnosed with COVID-19, and one person will be discharged from the facility at Harrison Point, St. Lucy.
A 32-year-old Barbadian female tested positive on arrival on a British Airways flight yesterday. The other three were all re-tests – a 75-year-old Barbadian man, who arrived on Jet Blue on August 8; a 25-year-old Barbadian man, who arrived on Air Canada on August 9, but whose travel originated in the United States; and a Ghanaian nurse, who arrived on July 30, and is positive after a third test.
There are now 148 cases of COVID-19 recorded in Barbados, and 119 people have recovered. Twenty-two people are in isolation.
The Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory completed 380 tests yesterday, bringing the total number of tests performed since February to 14,037.
