COVID-19 Update: Four new cases recorded

Four visitors tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday. 

They include two women, aged 42 and 37, who arrived on American Airlines on December 10 and 11. The other cases are a 53-year-old man, who came in on Virgin Atlantic on December 12, and a 31-year-old man, who arrived on British Airways on December 13. 

All of the visitors were asymptomatic, and tested positive on their second tests. 

Theirs were among the 864 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. 

Additionally, no one was released from Isolation. The new cases bring the number of persons in isolation to 20. 

Barbados has recorded 301 cases to date – 156 females and 145 males. A total of 274 people have recovered from the viral illness. 

The public health laboratory has completed 56,097 tests. (BGIS)