Medical Officer of Health for Westmoreland, Dr Marcia Graham (contributed photo)
The Westmoreland Health Department is ramping up activities in order to address the surge in cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the parish.
Medical Officer of Health for Westmoreland, Dr Marcia Graham, said that the number of positive cases have almost doubled over the past month.
“We have now crossed the 500 number in terms of confirmed cases for the parish,” she noted, while addressing the monthly meeting of the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation on Thursday, December 10.
She said that of the top-20 communities in the island, which have seen an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases, eight of them are located in Westmoreland.