The Ministry of Health provides the following update: 

-Nine (9) additional persons have tested positive for COVID -19.

The nine (9) positive cases reported shows results from samples taken during the period September 4^th to September 15^th, 2020. Therefore, this figure is NOT representative of the positive cases over the last 24 hours only.

Four (4) persons have been discharged from public health facilities

There have been six hundred and fifty-five (655) recovered community cases.

Recovered community cases refer to persons who were previously COVID-19 positive and in self-isolation at home and subsequently met the discharge criteria and were released from self-isolation.

One thousand five hundred and ninety (1,590) patients are currently home isolated under the continuous monitoring of the respective County Medical Officer Health (CMOH) offices.

The nine (9) new patients will be processed for admission at the discretion of the CMOHs.

 COVID-19 Positive Patients in Hospital – (79)