March 27, 2020

Positive cases of Covid-19 remain at 66 as of this afternoon (March 27th)

By Newsroom

There has been no increase in the number of positive Covid-19 cases in the country, at this time. The number of samples which were submitted to the Caribbean Public Health Agency for testing today was 467 and 66 were confirmed to be positive. 

Two people have died from the virus so far and one patient was discharged after being declared virus free. That person will spend another seven days in self-quarantine after leaving the hospital.

According to the Ministry of Health: “Of the total number of positive cases, 47 of these positive cases came from the group of nationals who recently returned from a cruise:
· 44 positive cases from the group of 68 nationals who returned from the cruise together
· 3 positive cases from the group of nationals who returned from the same cruise separately from the other 68 nationals.”

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