This is our update for today.
A total of 260 sampl…es were processed today with 54 new cases identified.
The distribution is as follows:
Cayo – 2 (Belmopan and San Ignacio)
Orange Walk – 6 (2 in town, 1 Indian Church, 1 San Jose, 1 Fire Burn, 1 Guinea Grass)
Belize – 6 (4 City, 1 Crooked Tree, 1 Scotland Halfmoon)
Stann Creek – 6 (1 Dangriga, 1 Placencia, 4 from Bella Vista, Toledo but identified in Stann Creek)
Corozal – 34 (8 town, 3 Ranchito, 6 San Joaquin, 2 each in Calcutta, Concepcion, Patchakan, Caledonia; 1 each in Cristo Rey, Progresso, Paraiso, Xaibe, San Narciso, Libertad, Chunox, 1 from Bella Vista, Toldeo and 1 from Nuevo San Juan, OW)
We have 28 cases recovered with 37.3% of our cases being active.
We have one more death to report, this is in a female in her 40s who had underlying health conditions and who had just been identified as a positive case yesterday. Our case fatality rate now stands at 1.44%.
For now, KHMH has 10 patients in the COVID-19 area, 3 of them ventilated; the Northern Regional Hospital has 9 patients and the Corozal Community Hospital has 5 patients. Given the increasing numbers, the number of hospitalized patients is expected to increase.
We continue to remind all, that in order to revert this increasing trend in number of cases, we require an all of community approach with prevention measures across the board. See More