Minister of Health and Wellness Jeffrey Bostic
On July 12, there were 40 cases from 908 tests. A week later there were 7 3 06 tests with 82 positive cases.
Positivity rate remains low – below 2 per cent.
There were 11 positive cases from tests (1 675) done yesterday and today.
There were four cases at Grantley Adams International Airport – some from Ministry of Health and Wellness staff and some from staff of a private entity that do meet and greet at airport.
All cricket players and staff – first COVID-19 test results came back negative.
Over 400 people in quarantine who are primary contacts.
Monitoring a situation where a group came back from overseas. That is a fluid situation and occupying the Ministry of Health’s time.
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Facing a significant spike in COVID-19 cases all last week, Government yesterday reintroduced a daily 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew with effect from tomorrow for two weeks, and again capped the number of people allowed at church services, funerals, weddings and those allowed to travel on public transportation.
Summer camps and fetes or parties have been put on hold, along with full contact sports or spectators at
sporting events.
Speaking during a press conference yesterday, Minister of Health and Wellness Jeffrey Bostic confirmed Barbados’ positivity rate for the viral illness had jumped by a full percentage point to 1.6 per cent, and its percentage of infections per 100 000 people had doubled, up from 19 to 38.