COVID-19 claims five more victims

Four Barbadians and a St. Lucian national have died as a result of COVID-19.

An 80-year-old Barbadian man died today, Sunday, October 10, while in primary isolation at the Harrison Point Isolation Facility.  He was fully vaccinated.

Two persons, a 69-year-old man and an 85-year-year-old woman, both Barbadians, passed away on Saturday, October 9, at Harrison Point.  They were unvaccinated.

The deaths of a 59-year-old woman, a St. Lucian national, who succumbed to the virus at the Accident & Emergency Department of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, and a 60-year-old Barbadian man, who died in the community, were also reported.  Both were unvaccinated.

The tally of COVID-19 deaths now stands at 95.

Minister of Health and Wellness, Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic, has extended sincere condolences to their family and friends.