The Ministry of Health (MoH) yesterday confirmed the deaths of three more persons, including a five-month-old baby from Moruca, who were infected with COVID-19.
In a statement, the MoH informed that the five-month-old was a baby girl from Region One, who died on September 16. The two other fatalities were identified as a 69-year-old man who was partially vaccinated and another, a 79-year-old who was fully vaccinated. They were both from Region Four and died while receiving care at a medical facility.
The country’s death toll now stands at 706 as a result of the new deaths.
Meanwhile, the COVID-19 dashboard showed that 241 more cases were confirmed from 1,689 tests done. Of the new cases, 96 were from Region Four, 48 from Region Three, 23 from Region Eight, 21 from Region Seven, 14 from Region Five, 10 each from regions One, Nine and Ten, 6 from Region Six, and 3 from Region Two.
There were 35 persons in the Intensive Care Unit, 164 in institutional isolation, 3,347 in home isolation and 18 persons in institutional quarantine.
