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The number of COVID-19 deaths moved to 44 after the passing of a 52-year-old Barbadian man on Tuesday, April 6.
He suffered from a chronic non-communicable disease and spent 14 days at the Harrison Point Isolation Facility before succumbing to the virus.
There were also six new positive COVID-19 cases, one man and five women, recorded on Tuesday. They were identified from 558 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory.
Additionally, eight people recovered and were discharged from isolation. There are now 96 persons in isolation. This is the first time since December, 31, 2020, that the cases in isolation are under 100.
Barbados’ confirmed cases of COVID-19 reached 3 697 (1 788 females and 1 909 males). There were 3 565 recoveries.
April 7, 2021
The number of COVID-19 deaths has moved to 44, following the passing of a 52-year-old Barbadian man on Tuesday, April 6.
He suffered from a chronic non-communicable disease and spent 14 days at the Harrison Point Isolation Facility before succumbing to the virus.
There were also six new positive COVID-19 cases, one man and five women,
recorded on Tuesday. They were identified from 558 tests conducted by the Bestdos Santos Public Health Laboratory.
Additionally, eight people recovered and were discharged from isolation. There are now 96 persons in isolation. This is the first time since December 31, 2020, that the cases in isolation are under 100.
Barbados’ confirmed cases of COVID-19 have reached 3,697 (1,788 females and 1,909 males). There have also been 3,565 recoveries. The public health laboratory has so far conducted 144,155 tests.
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A 70-year-old Barbadian man with comorbidities is the latest COVID-19 fatality, bringing the number of deaths from the virus to 43.
He passed away on Friday, April 2, after spending 29 days at the Harrison Point Isolation Facility, 19 of which he was on a ventilator.
Additionally, three women tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday. They were identified from among 346 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory.
Meanwhile, 20 people recovered from the virus and were released from isolation. The number remaining in isolation is 105.
The total confirmed COVID-19 cases to date is 3 668 – 1 766 females and 1 902 males – and 3 526 people recovered.
Since February last year, the public health laboratory has conducted 142 539 tests.
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