The Ministry of Health provides the following update: 

-13 additional persons have tested positive for COVID -19.

-These 13 new patients will be processed for admission at the discretion of the CMOHs.

The Ministry of Health regrets to inform the public that there have been 3 additional

COVID19 related deaths. The persons are 1 elderly male and 2 elderly females, all with comorbidities. This brings the total number of COVID-19 related deaths to 64.

-6 persons have been discharged from public health facilities

-There have been 52 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.