The Ministry of Health announced that as of Thursday another person who had tested positive for the novel coronavirus died, taking the death toll for the month to 65 even as 177 new infections were confirmed.
The latest fatality was identified as a 57-year-old woman from Region Four. As a result, the country’s death toll reached 296.
Meanwhile, the Ministry’s COVID-19 dashboard showed that the country’s total number of confirmed cases now stands at 13,283. The new cases came after 1,226 persons were tested, thus increasing the total number of persons tested to 122,494.
The cases were recorded in nine of the 10 administrative regions. Regions One and Seven each recorded a new case, Region Two recorded 10, Region Three recorded 27, and Region Four recorded the majority of 93. There were also 2 cases reported in regions Five and Eight, 24 cases in Region Six and 17 in Region Ten. A total of 3,034 cases were reported for the month of April, with the majority being recorded in Region Four.
There are currently 1,764 active cases in the country, with 85 in institutional isolation, while another 1,679 are in home isolation. Additionally, 15 persons remain patients at the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit while 82 more persons have recovered from the virus, thus increasing the country’s recovered cases to 11,208.
