COVID-19 UPDATE: 12 new cases, 10 recoveries

Four men and eight females are the latest persons to test positive for COVID-19 in Barbados.

These 12 new cases were identified among 576 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory, on Thursday, April 15.  There are now 77 persons in isolation.

Recoveries now stand at 3,648, as 10 persons were discharged.

Since the start of the pandemic, Barbados has recorded 3,765 confirmed cases of the viral illness – 1,833 females and 1,932 males – out of the 147,866 tests conducted by the laboratory.  There have been 44 COVID-19 related deaths.

To date, 66,900 vaccinations – 27,600 males and 38,300 females – have been administered under the National Vaccination Programme for COVID.