BY BGIS | MAR 1, 2021 | CORONA VIRUS, TOP STORIES
On Sunday, February 28, the country recorded 47 new cases of COVID-19, in addition to 36 recoveries and three deaths.
The new positive cases were identified from among 421 tests completed by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory.
Three women died from COVID-19 yesterday – an 85-year-old resident of a nursing home; a 64-year-old who passed away at the Enmore facility; and an 88 year-old, also a resident of a nursing home. All of them had co-morbidities. The number of deaths from COVID-19 is now 36. There are currently 636 active cases on the island.
The 47 new cases comprised 24 women and 23 men. Eighteen 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. The other 29 cases were Barbadians.
Barbados has recorded 3,115 confirmed cases – 1,459 females and 1,656 males – and 2,443 persons have recovered.
The public health laboratory has so far completed 126,114 tests. There were 1,730 persons vaccinated on Sunday, as part of the National Vaccination Programme for COVID-19.
To date, a total of 38,615 vaccinations have been administered – 16,447 men and 22,168 women.
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BARBADOS: COVID-19 Update: 30 New Cases, 63 Recoveries
FEB 28, 2021 — BGIS
Barbados recorded 30 positive COVID-19 cases on Saturday, February 27, from the 506 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory.
Sixty-three people recovered and were discharged from isolation. The number of active cases now stand at 628.
The 30 new cases comprised 12 men and 18 women. Three of them had been sent to the Harrison Point Isolation Facility for assessment to determine whether they were in fact newly positive, or had the virus in the past and were no longer infectious.
Twenty-seven of them are Barbadians.
This island has recorded 3,068 confirmed cases – 1,435 females and 1,633 males – and 2,407 persons have recovered. Thirty-three persons have succumbed to the viral illness.
Since February 2020, the public health laboratory has completed 125,693 tests.
On Saturday, 2,908 persons were vaccinated as part of the National Vaccination Programme for COVID-19. To date, a total of 36,749 vaccinations have been administered – 15,678 men and 21,071 women.
