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February 16, 2021
The island recorded 63 new positive COVID-19 cases on Sunday, February 14. These new positives include results of samples dating back to February 1.
The Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory is in the process of reducing the backlog created by the temporary use of manual extraction in the processing of samples. The lab conducted 534 tests.
There were 21 recoveries, bringing the number of active cases to 646.
One person, a 51-year-old Queen Elizabeth Hospital Nursing Assistant, passed away from COVID-19 on Sunday. She was a patient at the Harrison Point Isolation Facility for nine days. The number of deaths from the virus is now 25.
Barbados recorded 63 new positive COVID-19 cases on Sunday, February 14, 2021.
These new positives include results of samples dating back to February 1 as the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory is in the process of reducing the backlog created by the temporary use of manual extraction in the processing of samples. The lab conducted 534 tests.
There were 21 recoveries, bringing the number of active cases to 646.
One person, a 51-year-old Queen Elizabeth Hospital Nursing Assistant, passed away from COVID-19 on Sunday. She was a patient at the Harrison Point Isolation Facility for nine days. The number of deaths from the virus is now 25.
The 63 positive cases comprise 29 women and 34 men. Four of them were at the Harrison Point Isolation Facility undergoing assessment to determine whether their positive PCR test result showed that they were newly positive, or whether they had COVID-19 in the past and were no longer infectious.
Barbados recorded 207 new positive COVID-19 results for February 13, 2021 from 1 222 tests conducted by the Best dos Santos Laboratory. The new cases comprise 97 males and 110 females. Three of them were people who were previously sent to Harrison Point Isolation Facility in St Lucy for assessment to determine whether their positive PCR test result showed they were newly positive or had COVID-19 in the past and …
Minister of Health Jeffrey Bostic today confirmed Barbados lost its first health care worker in the battle against COVID-19. The nursing assistant died at the Harrison Point Isolation Facility in St Lucy where she was a patient for nine days. On Saturday night, manager of isolation facilities, Dr Corey Forde, announced there were three people on ventilators at Harrison Point, including one health care professional. The story of her death …