BY BGIS | JUN 19, 2021 | CORONA VIRUS, TOP STORIES

The COVID-19 positivity rate continues to be stable, while vaccination numbers increase.

On Friday, June 18, only one case of COVID-19, a male, was diagnosed from the 558 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. And, there were eight persons in isolation.

Meanwhile, 91,495 persons have received their first doses under the National Vaccination Programme for COVID-19.  The number of persons who have been given second doses, and are now fully vaccinated, is 65,348.

Barbados has recorded 4,041 confirmed cases of COVID-19 – 1,953 females and 2,088 males.  The virus has claimed 47 lives. To date, the public health laboratory has carried out 179,492 tests.