Covid-19NewsRegionalTrinidad & Tobago Regional countries report more COVID deaths, cases by Barbados Today 17/10/2020 written by Barbados Today Updated by Desmond Brown 17/10/2020 1 min read A+A- Reset Share FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail 241 Two Caribbean Community countries have registered deaths from the coronavirus (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours, while others that have not registered cases in recent months, are now doing so. In Trinidad and Tobago, two people have died from the virus bringing the total number of deaths to 95. The Ministry of Health said that the two were an elderly male and a female, both with pre-existing medical conditions. It said 47 new cases were reported within the last 24 hours, bringing the total active cases to 1,601 and that the total number of cases since March is 5,241 and there are now 3,545 recovered patients. In Belize, where 46 of the 108 new samples tested positive, two more deaths were recorded the last 24 hours. “We have 16 recoveries to report. Unfortunately, we have two more deaths to report. Both are in males, one from the north who had been referred to the KHMH (Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital) ICU and had been unstable over the last couple of days; the second is a person from Belize who had had a cardio embolic event and had been deteriorating until his death,” the Ministry of Health said. You Might Be Interested In Crystal Beckles-Holder, 2nd runner up in regional competition GUYANA: Body of child found after gold mine collapses Business owners disappointed As a result, the country now has 2,728 positive cases, 1,059 of which are active, and a death toll of 43. CMC Barbados Today Stay informed and engaged with our digital news platform. The leading online multimedia news resource in Barbados for news you can trust. You may also like Seven acquitted in 2015 murder of schoolteacher 20/06/2025 Bayview Lab launches full-service laboratory in new Bayview Urgent Care 18/06/2025 Fish vendors seek urgent ice access after oil spill shutdown 06/06/2025