Barbados records 479 cases of COVID-19

The positive cases comprised 71 persons under the age of 18, and 408 who were 18 years and older.

There were 164 people in isolation facilities, while 1,604 were in home isolation.

As at January 4, there were 263 deaths from the virus.

The public health laboratory has carried out 478,227 tests since February 2020, and recorded 30,177 COVID-19 cases (14,220 males and 15,957 females).

Under the National Vaccination Programme for COVID-19, the total number of persons with at least one dose is 156,049 (68.3 per cent of the eligible population). The total number of persons who are fully vaccinated is 143,812 (53.1 per cent of the total population or 63 per cent of the eligible population). The eligible population represents those persons who are 12 years and older.