COVID-19 cases rise: The IMA also instructed its state and local branches to take necessary steps in case COVID-19 outbreaks in their region. It also asked its members to work proactively.
COVID-19 cases increase
By: Dayle Da Silva•
Seven new cases have been added overnight (January 13/14) to the overall tally of COVID-19 cases here.
That number, as of the morning of January 14, stood at 340.
Tamara Bobb, Epidemiologist in the Ministry of Health, said at a press briefing on January 13, that up to that date 49 new cases had been recorded.
This after 31 cases had been recorded on January 12, with all those testing positive being locals with no recent travel history.
According to Bobb, they were still conducting investigations on 8 of the 49 new cases to determine whether they were imported or among locals with no recent travel history.