Covid-19Local NewsNews COVID-19 Update: 132 new cases by Barbados Today 09/12/2021 written by Barbados Today Updated by Asminnie Moonsammy 09/12/2021 1 min read A+A- Reset FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail 263 The Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory identified 132 new cases of COVID-19 (54 males and 78 females) from the 1,161 tests conducted on Wednesday, December 8. Of the positive cases, 18 persons were under the age of 18, and 114 were 18 years and older. Persons in isolation facilities numbered 295, while 1,960 were in home isolation. Two deaths were recorded on Wednesday. An 80-year-old woman and an 85-year-old man passed away at the Blackman and Gollop Isolation Facility. They were both unvaccinated. As of December 8, there were 246 deaths from the virus. The public health laboratory has carried out 447,564 tests since February last year and recorded 26,565 cases (12,652 males and 13,913 females) of COVID-19. Under the National Vaccination Programme for COVID-19, the total number of persons with at least one dose is 154,226 (67.5 per cent of the eligible population). The total number of persons who are fully vaccinated is 138,857 (51.2 per cent of the total population or 60.8 per cent of the eligible population). The eligible population represents those persons who are 12 years and older. (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 Govt โplansโ emergency housing for displaced families 19/10/2026 Firms to decide whether to remain VAT-registered 19/10/2026 Rising costs, tighter credit squeeze fisherfolk 19/10/2026
