Covid-19Local NewsNews COVID-19 UPDATE: 63 new positives, 21 recoveries, one death by Barbados Today 16/02/2021 written by Barbados Today Updated by Asminnie Moonsammy 16/02/2021 1 min read A+A- Reset Share FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail 151 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. The 63 positive cases comprise 29 women and 34 men. Four of them had been at the Harrison Point Isolation Facility undergoing assessment to determine whether their positive PCR test result showed that they were in fact newly positive, or whether they had COVID-19 in the past and were no longer infectious. The 59 other cases include 57 Barbadians and one non-national. You Might Be Interested In Crystal Beckles-Holder, 2nd runner up in regional competition GUYANA: Body of child found after gold mine collapses Barbadians asked to help with return tickets for Haitians The total number of persons diagnosed as positive at Her Majesty’s Prisons Dodds is 363. Of these, 361 have recovered and the remaining two inmates are included in the active cases. Barbados has recorded 2,331 confirmed cases – 1,032 females and 1,299 males – and 1,660 persons have recovered. The public health laboratory has so far completed 114,562 tests. (BGIS) 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 Rizwan, Salman spearhead record run chase 13/02/2025 Pride take upper hand on Scorpions 13/02/2025 Record budget unveiled as revenue projections fall short 13/02/2025