COVID-19 UPDATE: Two new cases; two recoveries

Barbados Today01/12/20200161 views

Two visitors have gone into isolation after being diagnosed with COVID-19.

They are a 41-year-old female, and a 37-year-old male, who arrived yesterday via American Airlines. Both were asymptomatic.

They were the only two positive cases recorded out of the 238 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory yesterday.

As a result, the number of confirmed cases has moved to 278 – 143 females and 135 males, while there are now 16 people in isolation.

Meanwhile, two persons will leave isolation today, pushing the number of recoveries to 255.

To date, the Laboratory has conducted 47,649 tests.(BGIS)