COVID-19 Update: Barbados logs 172 new COVID-19 cases

The new positives comprise 30 persons, who are under the age of 18, and 142 who are 18 years and older.

There were 804 people in isolation facilities, and 7,553 in home isolation.

Barbados’ confirmed COVID-19 cases recorded, since March last year, stand at 23,795 (11,392 males and 12,403 females). Four persons – three males, aged 67, 67, and 83, and one 82-year-old female – succumbed to the viral illness, bringing the number of deaths, as at November 20, to 210.

The public health laboratory has carried out 424,857 tests since February 2020.

Under the National Vaccination Programme for COVID-19, the total number of persons with at least one dose is 152,756 (66.9 per cent of the eligible population). The total number of people who are fully vaccinated is 134,530 (49.6 per cent of the total population or 58.9 per cent of the eligible population). The eligible population represents those persons who are 12 years and older.