Barbados records 149 new cases

New COVID-19 cases reported for Sunday, November 21, numbered 149 – 63 males and 86 females. The Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory conducted 1,241 tests.

The positive cases comprised 33 persons under the age of 18, and 116 who were 18 years and older.

There were 715 people in isolation facilities, and 7,531 in home isolation.

One person died from the virus on Sunday; a 93-year-old woman passed away at the Harrison’s Point Isolation Facility. She was fully vaccinated.

As at November 21, 211 people had died from the virus.

The public health laboratory has carried out 426,098tests since February last year, and recorded 23,944 cases (11,455 males and 12,489 females) of COVID-19.

Under the National Vaccination Programme for COVID-19, the total number of persons with at least one dose is 152,928 (67 per cent of the eligible population). The total number of persons who are fully vaccinated is 134,847 (49.8 per cent of the total population or 59 per cent of the eligible population).  The eligible population represents those persons who are 12 years and older.(BGIS)