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There were 28 new coronavirus (COVID-19) positive results identified on Monday, February 1, from among the 866 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory.
Thirty-seven people were reported to have recovered yesterday from the viral illness, and were released from isolation. There are now 366 active cases.
The 28 new cases comprise 11 women and 17 men. Seven of them are people who would have been previously sent to the Harrison Point Isolation Facility for assessment.
A person would be sent to Harrison Point for assessment to confirm whether his or her PCR test result is that of a new case or an old case.
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Barbados recorded two deaths related to coronavirus (COVID-19) on Sunday, January 31. They were a 55-year-old man and a 64-year-old woman who both had underlying chronic non-communicable diseases.
Their deaths bring the number of people who have passed away from the viral illness to 14.
Thirteen people were diagnosed with COVID-19 on Sunday, out of the 520 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. Eleven people were reported to have recovered and were released from isolation.
The number of active cases on the island is 375.
The 13 new positive cases comprise eight women and five men. Seven of them were previously sent to the Harrison’s Point Isolation facility for assessment.
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The Ministry of Health and Wellness said twenty-two new people tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) in Barbados on Saturday, January 30, 2021.
They were identified from among the 785 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory on that day. Nineteen people were reported as recovered, and were discharged from isolation.
The island now has 375 active cases.
The 22 new positive cases comprise 12 women and ten men. Five of these people were previously sent to the Harrison Point Isolation Facility for assessment. The 17 other cases are all Barbadian nationals.
The total number of people diagnosed as positive at
Her Majesty’s Prisons Dodds remains at 362. Of these, 355 have recovered and the remaining seven inmates are included in the active cases.
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The Ministry of Health and Wellness has reminded the public that there are established categories and timelines for receiving coronavirus (COVID-19) tests and results.
Category One: Primary contacts – Royal Barbados Police Force personnel; wardens and inmates at Her Majesty’s Prison Dodds; Barbados Defence Force personnel; Barbados Fire service personnel; all medical personnel; border security – immigration officers; customs officers; Barbados Port Inc. officers; Grantley Adams International Airport Inc. officers (inclusive of security); patients awaiting tests for medical treatment; patients in elder care facilities.
Results for people in this category are expected within 24 hours.
The Ministry of Health has designated the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory’s Testing Facility and the Branford Taitt Polyclinic, Black Rock, St Michael as the testing centres for Category One.
January 29, 2021
A single case of the coronavirus has been confirmed at the Geriatric Hospital, Minister of Health and Wellness Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic announced Thursday but sought to assure that health authorities are “on top of this one” as they seek to prevent a full-on outbreak among some of the most vulnerable to a lethal bout of COVID-19.
Upon hearing of the positive result, Lt Col Bostic revealed, the Chief Medical Officer and two senior medical officers of health were immediately dispatched to the hospital, with so far, no additional positive cases arising from rapid antigen tests done.
He told journalists: “We are on top of this one in the sense that it is one ward, of about 16 persons, and then the staff, meaning doctors, nurses, and auxiliary staff. So far, as of all the residents, patients, as well as the staff, have done an antigen rapid test, and all results are negative. As we speak, the staff are going through the swabbing process now for