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May 12, 2021
The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic rose by one Tuesday while health authorities closed yet another school after a student tested positive for the virus.
The woman, a 66-year-old Barbadian, died Monday night, Health and Wellness Minister Lt Col Jeffrey Bostic announced Tuesday night.
Lt Col Bostic revealed that the woman had a history of hypertension, diabetes, and shortness of breath.
He said: “She was a primary contact of a COVID positive patient on the 5th of May, 2021.
“She had a negative first COVID-19 test and presented for her second test yesterday. Sometime after returning home, she regrettably passed away. Sincerest condolences [are] extended to her family and friends.”
No more cases of COVID-19 were discovered at the Ellerslie Secondary School. That news came earlier today from Minister of Health, Jeffrey Bostic, after he toured the country’s lone Psychiatric Hospital, as part of International Nurses Week. Speaking to the media after the tour, the minister revealed that aggressive contact tracing of primary and second contacts of the student who contracted the virus was ongoing, and he was glad to …