PHILIPSBURG:---As of December 20th, there were five (5) persons who tested positive for COVID-19; however, there was a recovery rate of twenty-five (25) persons; bringing the total active cases to one hundred and eighteen (118). The total number of confirmed cases is now one thousand three hundred and twenty- eight (1328).
The Collective Prevention Services (CPS) are monitoring one hundred and eleven (111) people in home isolation. Seven (7) patients are hospitalized at the St. Maarten Medical Center. The total number of deaths due to COVID-19 remains at twenty- six (26).
The number of people recovered since the first case surfaced on St. Maarten has increased to one thousand one hundred and eighty-four (1184). Two hundred and fifty- five (255) people remain in quarantine based on contact tracing investigations carried out by CPS of persons who may have been in contact with any of the active cases.