Four unvaccinated women are the country’s latest COVID-19 fatalities and a further 123 new cases of the virus were reported yesterday.
This was revealed by the Ministry of Health in a press release which stated that the country’s deaths as a result of the novel coronavirus now stand at 687 as four more deaths were recorded. Two of the women died on September 12 and were identified as a 62-year-old from Region Five and a 46-year-old from Region Three. The other two women who passed yesterday were identified as a 78-year-old from Region Three and an 87-year-old from Region Four.
The Ministry of Health noted that these persons were admitted patients with COVID-19 like symptoms and died while receiving care. All four of the women were unvaccinated.
Meanwhile, the 123 new cases that were reported increased the country’s total confirmed cases to 28,099. These came after some 983 more tests were done, thus increasing the total number of persons tested to date to 288,782.
New cases were reported in nine regions with the majority of new cases being reported in Regions Four, Three and Two with 71, 13 and 12 cases respectively. There are now 3,164 active cases, 153 of whom are in institutional isolation while some 3,011 are in home isolation.
There are currently 26 persons in ICU while some 66 more persons have recovered from the virus. The country’s total recovered cases now stand at 24,222.
